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PODCAST: What LPs and GPs look at to make sense of the higher-rate environment

In our final episode of Private Markets and the end of Cheap Money, we hear from IMCO, MidEuropa Partners, Oaktree Capital, BC Partners and more on what investment professionals there keep their eyes on in the era of higher borrowing costs.

1 min read · 23 February 2023

Performance watch: Hellman & Friedman

PEI maps performance by internal rate of return and multiple on invested capital across the firm's private equity funds.

1 min read · 23 February 2023

Longer timelines tell the story of private equity fundraising in 2022

Fundraising timelines last year were the longest since 2010, when private equity was recovering from the financial crisis.

2 min read · 22 February 2023

Lockheed Martin pension closes PE portfolio sale

LP portfolio sales took the majority of total secondaries market share last year in a reversal from 2021.

2 min read · 21 February 2023

Sidereal Capital, shifting out of deal-by-deal mode, targets debut fund

Even with a sluggish fundraising environment, some shops are bringing debut funds to try to loosen the purse strings of extra-stingy LPs.

2 min read · 15 February 2023

Rocky fundraising may help ‘normalize’ private equity model: IMCO’s Ferguson

IMCO disbursed more than C$2.5bn ($1.9bn) to fund and direct investments last year, up 9% from 2021, Craig Ferguson, managing director, private equity, told Buyouts.

3 min read · 14 February 2023

Welsh Carson pulls back on potential tender offer deal

Tender offers plus staples remain challenging because if the price isn't right, limited partners can simply choose not to sell.

3 min read · 10 February 2023

Vista taps operations veteran as Foundation co-head Teillon to step back

Marc Teillon will continue to serve on the boards of several Foundation fund portfolio companies and remain a member of the Foundation Fund investment committee.

2 min read · 07 February 2023

A whale in the market: Kaiser Permanente shops $6bn portfolio

Secondaries buyers estimate there is around $14bn to $16bn or more of LP portfolio sales on the block, with anticipation of much more to come.

4 min read · 07 February 2023

Goldman Sachs’ Somaiya: Growth equity ‘was peak frenzy’ last year

West Street Global Partners I, which held a final close on $5.2bn this week, is among the largest first-time funds dedicated to growth equity.

5 min read · 07 February 2023

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