Private Equity
The alternative assets giant's global head of private equity said it is a 'treacherous' time for investors, who face soaring asset prices and low returns, and warned LPs not to repeat the pre-crisis mistake of over-committing capital to the sector.
2 min read · 28 September 2016
Research from Investec shows more than 80% of private equity professionals have supported a philanthropic cause in the last 12 months.
2 min read · 28 September 2016
The mid-market firm, co-founded by Jeremy Hand, has added six people – from RBS, Advent International and European Capital among others – to its team in London, bringing headcount up to 30.
2 min read · 28 September 2016
Valuations are slipping from highs seen a year ago, with positive implications for investment, HarbourVest's Hong Kong-based principal Haide Lui says, as she shares her views on the firm's approach and its outlook for the region.
5 min read · 26 September 2016
Chicago-based growth equity firm GTCR promoted two to managing director and one to principal.
2 min read · 23 September 2016
Thomas Carella, who retired in April from Goldman Sachs’s merchant banking division, where he was a partner, will be responsible for healthcare investing as Warburg’s partner and managing director.
1 min read · 23 September 2016
Private funds’ flat structures and entrepreneurial culture should make it easy for women to rise, argue panellists in London.
3 min read · 23 September 2016
Peter Slagt has moved from Bain’s London office to Kuala Lumpur to join the consulting firm’s Global Results Delivery Practice, and will focus on South-East Asia-based clients.
1 min read · 23 September 2016
South Korea’s booming e-commerce and online shopping industry has created 'significant growth opportunities' for delivery companies, says CVC Korea partner and chairman Steve Lim.
2 min read · 23 September 2016
The New York-based alternatives investment firm has hired former Willis Towers Watson executive, Damien Loveday, as managing director.
1 min read · 22 September 2016
