Private Equity
Sagard launched its credit strategy in 2017 under the leadership of managing partner and CIO Adam Vigna, ex-head of CPPIB’s global principal credit investments.
2 min read · 16 December 2020
CDPQ's allocation to private equity is the global market’s fourth largest, according to Private Equity International’s Global Investor 100.
2 min read · 15 December 2020
A joint statement in March by California State Teachers’ Retirement System, Japan’s Government Pension Investment Fund and UK’s USS Investment Management signaled a significant shift in reallocation of capital.
2 min read · 15 December 2020
Blank-cheque companies have already won fans the US and could be set to push further into Europe and Asia next year.
3 min read · 14 December 2020
From Blackstone to Eurazeo to Partners Group, PE firms and their executives stepped up in response to the pandemic, forgoing salaries, setting up employee assistance funds and shifting capital to pandemic response companies.
3 min read · 14 December 2020
TPG hired Michael Woolhouse in July to create and lead a secondaries platform pursuing deals in Europe and the US
2 min read · 08 December 2020
Recent activity under the False Claims Act shows PE firms are in the DoJ’s and private whistleblowers’ crosshairs, writes Michael Waldman, a trial and appellate litigator at Robbins, Russell, Englert, Orseck, Untereiner & Sauber.
5 min read · 02 December 2020
Some board members have voiced concerns about the pace at which the $20bn pension is implementing plans to branch out into secondaries and co-investments.
3 min read · 01 December 2020
Lessons learned from PE-backed companies that had the vision to nimbly reinvent their operations in response to the pandemic
7 min read · 01 December 2020
Hamilton Lane’s dual fee structure for its latest co-investment vehicle shows how GPs are responding to changing investor preferences.
5 min read · 23 November 2020
