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EBRD: How to be cool in a crisis

The EBRD’s private equity head Anne Fossemalle discusses the lesson learned from the 2008 crash and how it taught GPs to listen to their investors.

5 min read · 16 November 2017

Caisse des Dépôts in €1bn Mubadala tie-up

Caisse subsidiaries CDC IC and Bpifrance are linking up with the sovereign wealth fund to invest in French companies, the seventh such partnership formed by the French state-owned investor.

1 min read · 13 November 2017

Quantum seeks $2bn for Africa

The investment manager aims to secure the funds from Middle Eastern investors by 2019, chief executive Jean Claude Bastos de Morais tells PEI.

2 min read · 24 October 2017

Abraaj’s new head of impact: ‘We must be successful’

Kito de Boer, appointed managing partner to lead the growth market specialist’s impact investing business, told delegates in New York the firm must show other investors a ‘path to success’.

3 min read · 19 September 2017

Non-US developed private funds beat public benchmark

Strong performance by privately held Dutch portfolio companies helped Cambridge Associates’ PE and VC index outperform listed comparables by 11ppt.

2 min read · 31 August 2017

ADIA targets direct investment amid return concerns

The sovereign wealth fund, with estimated assets of $828bn, will broaden its focus in ‘rapidly developing’ Asian private equity markets.

1 min read · 04 July 2017

Shining a light on MENA

The region’s powerful demographic trends mean investing there is no stab in the dark.

6 min read · 20 June 2017

Enter our 2017 OpEx Awards now

Entries are now open for Private Equity International’s 2017 Operational Excellence Awards.

2 min read · 20 June 2017

No place like home for MENA limited partners

LPs in the region represent a huge amount of capital, and they are increasingly looking to deploy it on their doorstep.

3 min read · 08 June 2017

Dancing to its own tune: how Ardian won Mubadala

Ardian’s record deal with Mubadala prompted admiration and wariness among its peers — not that it is paying much attention.

5 min read · 05 June 2017

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