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A festive verse from Eamon Devlin, a Zurich-based partner at asset management consultancy MJ Hudson.

2 min read · 25 December 2020

Story of the year: Vista's Robert Smith and the $139m 'nothing burger'

The tech-focused investor's chairman and chief executive admitted to tax evasion on almost $200m of assets in October.

3 min read · 23 December 2020

Story of the Year: Private equity works from home

Private equity embraced remote working this year, though its long-term impact on the industry gives some a cause for concern.

2 min read · 21 December 2020

Story of the Year: Trial by fire for Future 40

Young executives identified as future leaders will emerge from 2020 more experienced because of the unique challenges they faced.

2 min read · 21 December 2020

Story of the Year: CalPERS investment chief stuns with resignation

Ben Meng stepped down from his post in August, only weeks after announcing a long-term plan to introduce more leverage and push further into private equity and private debt.

2 min read · 17 December 2020

Story of the Year: Diversity takes center stage

The industry stepped up its diversity efforts this year, with major players setting new targets for women and minorities, hiring diversity and inclusion champions and signing onto an ambitious DEI initiative.

3 min read · 15 December 2020

PODCAST: In depth with Carlyle and TPG’s diversity and inclusion heads

Kara Helander and Anna Edwin discuss how they are building diversity, equity and inclusion within their firms, and how the racial justice movement and pandemic have generated momentum for sustained action.

1 min read · 10 November 2020

Hg: Positive discrimination needed to achieve diversity

'Many millennia of bias' make it vital that PE firms actively promote candidates from underrepresented groups, said Nic Humphries.

2 min read · 03 November 2020

L Catterton taps Rede exec for top Europe IR role – updated

The consumer-focused private equity firm raised more than €600m for its L Catterton Europe IV fund last year.

2 min read · 20 October 2020

Some LPs give Vista’s Smith a pass for tax evasion, one calls it ‘nothing burger’

Smith will pay his penalty and back taxes, and then should get on with the business of running and growing Vista, several LPs told Buyouts.

4 min read · 19 October 2020

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