Private Equity
LPs like emerging managers as a source of outsized returns. However, LPs also view them as risky, and the decision to back a new team is made tougher when incumbents are returning to market quicker and with many products.
6 min read · 02 February 2022
Traditional LP portfolio sales came back in a big way in the second half of 2021 as buyers sought diversity away from the concentrated deals they made earlier in the year.
2 min read · 02 February 2022
Politicians have been setting their sights on private equity for a while, but it’s the SEC’s Gary Gensler who is likely to lead the charge and take substantive regulatory action.
10 min read · 01 February 2022
As more PE firms look to institutionalise their business, part of their strategy is to increase allocations from new investor bases.
4 min read · 01 February 2022
The financing tool is making its way around alternatives, as evidenced by three major transactions in different corners of the market.
3 min read · 01 February 2022
NAV finance has been around for over a decade, but the past few years have seen this corner of the market expand substantially, says 17Capital’s Augustin Duhamel.
7 min read · 01 February 2022
Nearly $475bn of fresh capital was secured by 854 buyout, growth equity, venture capital and other PE vehicles in 2021, up 19% from $399bn raised a year earlier, according to Buyouts’ data.
1 min read · 31 January 2022
The sale is one of several that hit the market since the second half of 2021, when traditional LP portfolio sales came surging back into the market.
2 min read · 31 January 2022
Retail investors want to be in alternatives for the same experience as institutional investors and should not be pushed on products, said Marc Lipschultz.
3 min read · 31 January 2022
Fundraising this year is being fueled by established firms like Blackstone Group, Vista Equity, Thoma Bravo and others launching new funds at quick pace.
2 min read · 28 January 2022
