Managers

NexPhase is led by managing partners Kurt Larsen and Ted Yun, and partners Jamie Kaufman, Andy Kieffer, Joel Killion and Lex Leeming, all veterans of Moelis Capital.

Silver Lake’s launch of a multi-decade strategy is the latest example of a private equity industry grappling with how to hold on to assets outside of a traditional 10-year fund model.

The firm made a 6.5% GP commitment to Fund X, the largest by far across its vehicles, managing partner Kristoffer Melinder tells PEI.

The $75bn pension fund will use the accounts to harness the resources of all three firms to evaluate opportunities in the aftermath of the covid market disruption.

Private equity investors favouring familiarity in times of crisis could miss out on opportunities to deploy capital, a panel has heard.

Schroder Adveq is one of the latest western firms to benefit from Shanghai's QFLP programme, which provides access to a market that has until now proved elusive for international LPs.

An intriguing aspect of the Hellman deal is that the firm’s newest pool, Fund IX, would participate in the secondary.

Scandinavia-headquartered PE firms are set to raise record amounts of capital amid a tougher environment due to coronavirus.

Should the fundraising environment cloud over, LPs could take the upper hand in fee negotiations – with consequences for managers’ business models.

GHK, led by Gilbert Klemann, launched the fund just as the pandemic kicked off, and has been attracting capital by fundraising remotely.