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GPs build flexibility to avoid tax hit on investments held for under three years

The strategy is a reaction to the 2017 tax reform, which included provisions that charge an ordinary income tax rate on carry generated from investments held for under three years.

3 min read · 24 January 2020

EQT conducts strategic review of credit business

The firm is also on track to open offices in Paris and Sydney before the end of March, according to its latest earnings announcement on Thursday.

2 min read · 23 January 2020

Q&A with Scott Reed of Aberdeen Standard Investments on spinouts and small funds

Reed took some time to chat with Buyouts about opportunities the firm is seeing with small-cap managers, new firms and spinouts.

4 min read · 22 January 2020

Frontier taps into growth equity surge with $850 mln Fund VI launch

Last year, a total of $75 billion was raised by 131 growth equity funds globally, the highest amount in more than a decade.

2 min read · 22 January 2020

Baring Asia to ramp up Japan dealmaking with seventh flagship

The firm has closed Baring Asia Private Equity Fund VII on its $6.5bn hard-cap.

3 min read · 22 January 2020

TA closes unique double-down fund on $1 bln

TA recently used the fund the re-invest in MRI Software as part of a larger transaction in which Harvest Partners invested in the company

2 min read · 21 January 2020

New TRS Texas CIO plays down role of secondaries

Jase Auby said the $157.6 bln pension would focus on co-underwriting as a way of adjusting its private markets portfolio.

3 min read · 21 January 2020

Why Partners Group is underweight Asia-Pacific

The firm has been focusing on more institutional-quality opportunities in the region, according to its co-chief executive.

3 min read · 21 January 2020

HK could become ‘one of the most competitive’ on carried interest

The special administrative region is hoping to lure managers from the Cayman Islands, which has been ramping up its tax transparency efforts and economic substance requirements.

3 min read · 20 January 2020

Blackstone’s third energy-focused fund passes $4 bln mark

With about $4.2 bln raised to date, Blackstone Energy Partners III is within striking distance of a reported target of $4.5 bln

3 min read · 17 January 2020

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