Private Equity
Are private asset classes better positioned to weather the crisis? Our senior editorial teams covering PE, private debt, infrastructure, real estate and secondaries provide insight.
1 min read · 20 March 2020
"The most important thing is to have a plan and stick with the plan. Nobody knows how this is going to play out. Let's not shoot all our bullets at one time.”
2 min read · 19 March 2020
Chief investment officer Ben Meng outlined the steps taken to mitigate the impact from the ongoing covid-19-triggered volatility in a board meeting on Wednesday.
2 min read · 19 March 2020
David Larsen, a managing director at Duff & Phelps, says investors should seek guidance from their GPs as to likely discounts.
2 min read · 19 March 2020
Limited partners who have piled into the asset class in recent years could be left severely overweighted in private equity unless public markets see a significant recovery.
4 min read · 19 March 2020
The US public pension has backed two North America-focused funds.
1 min read · 18 March 2020
The pension's portfolio has lost billions in value as the public markets have struggled due to the coronavirus pandemic.
2 min read · 18 March 2020
The US public pension backed nine private equity vehicles in its Q4 2019 private markets commitments.
1 min read · 18 March 2020
“It might not be because of the coronavirus directly, but certainly because of all that’s being done to prevent or slow the spread of it”.
2 min read · 18 March 2020
First-time fund managers are set to have an even tougher time on the fundraising trail amid the pandemic, but there could be opportunities for those raising capital on a deal-by-deal basis.
3 min read · 18 March 2020
