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Mercury Capital adds four senior distribution professionals

The firm has added three partners and a principal across its London, New York and Dubai offices.

3 min read · 21 July 2021

Investec: Increasing fund sizes do not help succession planning for GPs

The average GP commitment as a percentage of the fund was 4.8%, a more than 60% rise from two years ago, according to the latest GP Trends report.

3 min read · 21 July 2021

Side Letter: Ex-Blackstone MD's fundraising venture; Miller-May's CIO move; Tail-end titbits

Three of PE's biggest trends have converged at a new platform connecting Japanese investors with alts managers. Plus: Angela Miller-May, CIO at Chicago Teachers’ Pension Fund and a proponent of DE&I, is on the move. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.

4 min read · 21 July 2021

Ex-Blackstone exec to launch Japan fundraising platform

Former alums from Blackstone and HQ Capital plan to launch a digital fundraising platform called LUCA, which will connect alternative asset managers with Japanese investors, Private Equity International has learned.

3 min read · 21 July 2021

HSBC runs process to shift private equity off balance sheet

The deal is one of several that allow large organizations to shift private equity into new vehicles that provide more space, and fresh capital, to continue building out the strategy.

3 min read · 20 July 2021

First-half fundraising ranks highest since GFC

The first half of the year saw private equity funds raise a total of $415bn thanks to a post-pandemic rebound driven by huge LP appetites for the asset class and strong deployment.

2 min read · 20 July 2021

Side Letter: How to woo Japan LPs; SPAC settlement; Russian PE court case

Top tips for international GPs hoping to crack Japan's comparatively nascent LP market. Plus: why SPACs might be coming back to Earth and a Russian court case could have major implications for the country's PE market. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.

4 min read · 20 July 2021

Summer reads 2021

From the editors and readers of PEI Media publications, some ways to keep your mind in the game — or get far away from it — during whatever break you may be taking this season.

4 min read · 20 July 2021

Three tips for raising capital from Japanese LPs

Japan represents one of the few developed markets left in which GPs can build new investor relationships on the ground floor, writes Monument Group's Japan representative Hiroshi Nishimuro.

3 min read · 20 July 2021

Law firm bankroller Kerberos targets $300m for third credit fund

Kerberos' Fund I and II were as, of Sept. 2020, earning a 28.7% gross IRR and a 28.3% gross IRR, respectively, according to an Arkansas TRS report.

2 min read · 19 July 2021

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