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Employee Ownership Programmes: How do they affect returns for LPs?

Employee ownership programmes, which seek to build wealth among company workers, are gaining traction in the private equity industry. Are investors losing out on upside, or benefitting from increased value creation?

10 min read · 30 September 2022

Genstar targets as much as $13bn for latest flagship

The mid-market firm raised around $10.2bn for its predecessor flagship in April last year.

2 min read · 28 September 2022

LPs may skip commitments over big jumps in fund size, strategy expansions – survey

The findings come as PE fundraising has slowed precipitously from the peaks of the past few years.

2 min read · 26 September 2022

GP consolidation to deepen in difficult fundraising environment – IPEM panel

The high cost of operations, capital constraints and an attraction to specialists are all factors driving M&A activity among PE firms.

2 min read · 22 September 2022

Ex-New Jersey private equity chief joins MetLife

The move comes as New Jersey and other public systems struggle to retain private equity talent in the face of generally higher compensation in the private sector.

1 min read · 01 September 2022

PE prepares to ride out pressures in the US mid-market

Volatility may have slowed the rate of dealmaking, but for GPs accustomed to investing and driving growth across cycles, the mid-market still holds plenty of opportunities.

8 min read · 01 September 2022

Texas ERS ups PE allocation to limit programme scale-back

The $36bn pension, which counts Advent, TPG, Hg and Industry Ventures among its long-standing GP relationships, was overallocated to PE by more than 6 percentage points.

2 min read · 30 August 2022

New Mexico SIC’s director of private equity to step down

David Lee's retirement comes as PE faces a critical crossroads.

2 min read · 24 August 2022

LPs want to see these four things from Chinese GPs

BlackRock PEP, HarbourVest, Hamilton Lane and a Hong Kong family office shared tips for Chinese managers on the fundraising trail at HKVCA's China Private Equity Summit on Wednesday 24 August.

3 min read · 24 August 2022

Why LPs should ditch top-quartile for best-in-class

Professor Oliver Gottschalg, head of MJ Hudson’s Fund Performance Analytics team, explains why LPs should focus on whether GPs outperform within their specialist sectors, rather than the wider market.

4 min read · 17 August 2022

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