Fundraising

Market at a glance – fundraising and deal making both healthily ahead of last year

Back to School: Is PE becoming the victim of its own success?

Editor's Letter: GPs push for deal-by-deal carry in record fundraising market

Goldman holds $730m first close on seventh mezz fund

The latest vehicle from the investment bank comes amid a slower mezzanine fundraising year.

China Life, Baidu team up for $1bn tech fund

China Life, the country’s largest insurer by assets, will contribute $840m to the fund and Chinese internet giant Baidu will commit $160m.

H1 fundraising in five charts

Market participants remain concerned about the overabundance of dry powder after a first half that delivered the highest level of fund closes since PEI first started tracking data.

The man tasked with raising €3bn for Terra Firma

Terra Firma chief executive Andrew Géczy is co-ordinating the fundraising charge at a firm working hard to shake off its image as a one-man-band.

China leads strong first half for EM investing

EM managers invested more than they raised in the first half, according to data from EMPEA.

LPs are ignoring operational due diligence

Investors in private equity need to pay closer attention to the operational infrastructure of their managers, writes Hamilton Lane's Mario Giannini.

The case for separate accounts

Multi-strategy managers are vying for SMA money, with KKR reportedly in line to land a $3bn whopper.