Managers

GP-led secondary deals like single-asset continuation funds represented about 40 percent of estimated total market volume in the first half, according to Lazard’s first-half volume report.

GPs expected smoother fundraising efforts towards the end of the year. That’s looking less likely with the US regulator’s private funds reform.

With sluggish fundraising and GPs often desperate for capital, LPs are in a stronger position to demand certain concessions that may have been unworkable in the bull market years.

Low entry multiples, high growth and an unconstrained exit environment mean small deals are becoming big business

The SEC's enhanced reporting obligations could significantly increase compliance and reporting costs that will be borne by the fund, lawyers warn.

In recent years, special opps funds have raised billions of dollars. And several are – or will soon be – back in the market.

Investors shop the recession-resistant, healthy eats aisle as an antidote to fundraising heartburn.

Structured solutions can provide much-needed liquidity without forcing LPs to crystalise a loss.

China’s private equity slowdown is causing both LPs and GPs to rethink their approach to the Asia-Pacific region.