Private Equity

Central & Eastern Europe

What's in a long-term fund?

The key differences between Europe’s ELTIF and the UK’s LTAF, from eligibility requirements and borrowing limits to management and governance.

1 min read · 05 February 2024

Debevoise & Plimpton: What the CSRD means for private equity

The EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive will have direct implications for portfolio companies, fund managers and LPs, say Debevoise & Plimpton’s Patricia Volhard and John Young.

5 min read · 01 December 2023

So you want to raise a retail fund in Europe?

The pace in Europe for developing routes by which individual investors may access private markets has quickened, and incoming reforms may help accelerate this progress even further, write lawyers from Simpson Thacher & Bartlett.

4 min read · 26 July 2023

Horizon founder on the challenges of investing in a warzone

Lenna Koszarny, chief executive of Ukraine-focused private equity firm Horizon Capital, says LPs are backing the firm's latest fund now and are not waiting for the war to end.

4 min read · 26 June 2023

How private equity is readying for more regulation

A raft of regulatory changes coming down the line means fund managers are needing to rely on third-party providers more than ever.

7 min read · 05 June 2023

Ukraine’s Horizon exceeds target, ups hard-cap for Fund IV

The firm aims to reach its new $300m hard-cap by September and seeks to capitalise on previously inaccessible opportunities in the country, says chief executive Lenna Koszarny.

4 min read · 28 April 2023

CHART: The largest Europe-dedicated funds in market

The biggest vehicles on the road are seeking €36bn between them, as LPs bet on growth equity and more attractive entry multiples for Europe funds.

3 min read · 27 April 2023

EQT ponders alternative liquidity options amid exit slowdown

The firm is 'looking into' partial sales and continuation vehicles to generate more value among portfolio companies until the exit market is more robust, CEO Christian Sinding says on EQT's Q1 earnings call.

3 min read · 20 April 2023

BlackRock eyes €1bn for PE and sustainability ELTIFs

The firm's latest PE ELTIF will enable individual investors to back buyout, growth and venture opportunities for a minimum investment of €30,000.

3 min read · 09 March 2023

PEI Awards 2022: Winners

Spotlighting private equity’s achievements in a year that tested everyone's resilience

2 min read · 01 March 2023

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