Private Equity
Smith won't be prosecuted but will pay $139m and "continue" to cooperate with the feds.
3 min read · 15 October 2020
The firm's co-president says there are many opportunities, even in the most troubled industries, as long as investors go in with the right expectations.
2 min read · 15 October 2020
After a quiet start to the year in private debt fundraising, dislocation strategies have burst on to the scene with their promise of high returns amid the covid-19 turmoil. But without the resources to do proper due diligence, have investors had their heads turned?
9 min read · 15 October 2020
GPs are having more success in hiring from Asia's top placement agents to bolster their in-house fundraising capabilities during the pandemic.
6 min read · 15 October 2020
In a sign that investors are expecting big things for the secondaries market, HarbourVest has just raised a very large fund for the strategy. Plus: Vista's Robert Smith's tax affairs, Goldman results and due diligence in the pandemic era. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.
3 min read · 15 October 2020
The veteran technology firm is the latest to fundraise amid what is widely seen as a favorable environment for the sector.
2 min read · 14 October 2020
Rainier Partners is among a select few first-time funds braving the fundraising markets that lean toward more established managers as LPs look for familiarity.
2 min read · 14 October 2020
Brighton Park is not yet ready to wrap up fundraising, a source told Buyouts, adding the inaugural offering has a hard cap of $1bn.
3 min read · 14 October 2020
The system will its increase its allocations to private equity in 2022.
2 min read · 14 October 2020
The number of funds that have closed so far in 2020 is down 50% year-on-year while the dollar value of capital raised remains steady, PEI data show.
2 min read · 14 October 2020
