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TPG, HIG, Goldman spinouts brave tough fundraising market for new firms

Recent experience suggests new managers with senior GPs and strategies spun out of brand-name firms could have a fundraising edge, even in a pandemic-battered market.

5 min read · 23 June 2020

OHSERS approves $250m in commitments

The US public pension has backed five private equity funds.

1 min read · 23 June 2020

Side Letter: The next Abraaj chapter, Asante's hired Gunn, Ares $3.5bn, an Oxford debate

The Abraaj saga continues and the next chapter is either exciting or terrifying depending who you are. Plus: another advisor for Asante, a new podcast for you and plenty more. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.

3 min read · 23 June 2020

Ex-Abraaj team to seek $300m for latest North Africa fund – exclusive

RMBV, which became independent from Abraaj Group last year, will begin conversations with potential LPs in September, PEI has learned.

2 min read · 23 June 2020

PODCAST: Three months of lockdown – how are LPs and GPs adapting?

Our senior editors discuss the findings of our latest surveys looking at how private equity investors and their managers are doing business during the covid-19 crisis.

1 min read · 23 June 2020

Private equity pivots to productivity with increased investment in digital, video and virtual platforms

After a few weeks of adjusting, many firms did a quick “pivot to productivity,” looking for new ways to operate in the virtual world and making big investments in digital.

3 min read · 22 June 2020

Texas Teachers pension sells ‘large, concentrated positions’ on secondary market

The sale was one of the largest LP stake sales last year, though eclipsed by Norinchukin Bank’s $5bn PE portfolio sale.

2 min read · 22 June 2020

Side Letter: Bears in a China shop, Phalippou's exit, Howard Marks on risk

Ludovic Phalippou has ploughed a pretty lonely furrow in the world of PE-related academia. Do you love him or loathe him? Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.

4 min read · 22 June 2020

iCapital picks up Wells Fargo’s feeder fund platform

A division of Wells Fargo has agreed to sell its Global Alternative Investments feeder fund platform to iCapital Network. The bank is also making a 'strategic investment' into iCapital.

2 min read · 22 June 2020

Opportunity zone market appears to be weathering covid crisis

Major OZ fund managers like Cresset and Bridge Investment Group are still moving forward despite the market disruption from the coronavirus crisis.

4 min read · 19 June 2020

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