Private Equity
Ares appears confident of upsizing its next series of flagship funds by a similar proportion to previous iterations, despite congestion among LPs. Plus: why you might need to change how you market funds and LACERS has devised a novel solution for its time-sensitive investment decisions. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.
4 min read · 01 August 2022
Private equity performance has held relatively steady compared with the pain in the public markets so far this year. That may start changing over the new few weeks.
2 min read · 29 July 2022
The double fundraise comes less than two years after the close of Waterland Private Equity Fund VIII, which closed on its €2.5bn hard-cap.
2 min read · 29 July 2022
The Taiwan-based insurance company has backed two private equity funds.
1 min read · 29 July 2022
Blackstone’s fundraising pace is illustrative of firms that are able to push through market volatility and slowing pace of fundraising to hit ambitious targets.
2 min read · 28 July 2022
Areas that represent continued growth for the firm include credit, investment solutions and infrastructure, chief executive Kewsong Lee said on the firm's second quarter earnings call.
3 min read · 28 July 2022
Talent outflows are putting LPs in a difficult position at a time when having a sufficient number of experienced staff has become more important than ever.
2 min read · 28 July 2022
Silversmith Capital Partners IV's limited partners include endowments, foundations, fund-of-funds and pension funds.
2 min read · 28 July 2022
Industrial Growth Partners Fund VI's limited partners include returning investors as well as newer ones.
2 min read · 28 July 2022
Sizeable closes by large funds, including those by Advent International, Insight Partners and KKR, accounted for nearly 40% of capital raised for the period, as the number of vehicles closed sank to its lowest since 2017.
2 min read · 28 July 2022
