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Buyers who have shown interest so far include some traditional secondary firms, but also strategic-type buyers like sovereign funds and insurance companies that might be a better fit for perpetual capital.

The value-oriented investor raised double the amount of its predecessor fund after less than six months on the digital fundraising trail.

Apologies for stating the obvious, but covid-19's impact on the industry will be multi-faceted and cannot be overstated. One effect is the catalysis of thinking around impact investing (see Brookfield's predictions and our special report below). Another is the hit to public finances and the need to raise tax from somewhere: strap in for another round of the carried-interest-as-capital-gain debate. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.

The November election’s delivery of President-elect Biden and a narrowly split Congress is comforting news for many in private equity who prefer divided government to a blue wave.

The Australian based public pension has backed 16 private equity funds.

The Canadian insurance giant has already taken a significant minority stake in Albamen Capital Partners, a newly formed renewable energy and digital infrastructure manager in China.

The Värde Dislocation Fund raised $1.6 billion, surpassing its $1 billion goal. It has a flexible mandate to invest in opportunities created by economic disruption.

The institutional investor has backed six European private equity funds.

Margaret Brown questions whether staff is trying to get around restrictions on implementing the $421bn fund's long-dormant 'four pillars' plan, but other sources insist it is not connected.