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Off-duty: Lovell Minnick’s Spencer Hoffman on the joy of cooking, fly fishing and Janis Joplin

Hoffman shares with us his crush-it karaoke song, his fantasy job at a New England bed-and-breakfast, and his thoughts on why reputation is everything in private equity.

6 min read · 19 August 2022

Virginia anticipates modest losses in private equity portfolio

Virginia Retirement System is the latest pension system to show where private equity valuations are headed in a turbulent economy.

1 min read · 18 August 2022

Jefferies hires DWS secondaries exec to head up European GP-leds

Big financial institutions are increasingly looking for ways to expand into secondaries advisory to help meet the demand of the growing market.

2 min read · 18 August 2022

When it comes to succession, scale plays an outsized role

When faced with an unexpected succession issue, it helps to be a huge, multi-strategy business.

3 min read · 18 August 2022

Side Letter: Forget 'top-quartile'; KIC's new CIO; Australia's ESG crackdown

Professor Oliver Gottschalg of MJ Hudson explains why LPs might want to reconsider their fixation on whether managers can be considered top quartile. Plus: A lack of deployable capital is hindering secondaries dealflow and Australia could be the next market to crackdown on ESG. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.

4 min read · 18 August 2022

Igor Rozenblit’s three tips for passing an SEC exam

The former co-head of the SEC’s Private Funds Unit and managing partner of regulatory consultancy firm Iron Road Partners details where GPs should be spending their time.

3 min read · 18 August 2022

Carlyle's tender offer process boosts fundraising on flagship

As fundraising becomes tougher in the volatile market, with many LPs at or above their allocation caps, more GPs may use tender offers as a way to reach their fundraising targets.

3 min read · 18 August 2022

MassPRIM reports minor PE pain in Q2

The $104bn fund is among the first large state pension systems to update highly anticipated marks for the second quarter.

2 min read · 17 August 2022

Side Letter: Hg's $17bn (and counting); Dyal's fishing funds; Apollo's S3 launch

Software-focused giant Hg has collected roughly $17 billion across two funds – one of which is still in market. Plus: Dyal founder Michael Rees seems to be fishing in deep waters with his latest GP stakes fund. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.

4 min read · 17 August 2022

Hg to close latest large-cap fund above target this month

The software-focused firm has delivered an average 5.2x multiple and 60% IRR across eight exits in recent months, PEI has learned.

2 min read · 17 August 2022

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