Private Equity
Emerging managers' innovative investment strategies and hunger to outperform make them an attractive proposition for LPs looking to deploy capital in a dislocated market.
3 min read · 08 April 2020
In February, Blackstone’s Jon Gray met Jonathan Brasse to explain why it is time to respond to private investment’s naysayers with a targeted campaign of facts about the sector’s non-financial efforts.
9 min read · 07 April 2020
The pension plan fast-tracked adoption of an ‘allowable allocation’ of up to 15% to allow for flexibility in times of volatility.
3 min read · 26 March 2020
We look at just some of the ways private equity firms are helping portfolio companies and wider society as the industry grapples with the coronavirus-led business slowdown.
4 min read · 25 March 2020
CFOs are largely planning on leaving their 31/12 marks untouched; Duff & Phelps warns now is not the time to diverge from your established valuations practices.
4 min read · 24 March 2020
Chief investment officer Ben Meng outlined the steps taken to mitigate the impact from the ongoing covid-19-triggered volatility in a board meeting on Wednesday.
2 min read · 19 March 2020
The world's second-largest PE firm enforces a firm-wide travel ban in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
2 min read · 12 March 2020
ArcLight Capital Partners’ $3.4bn haul for its seventh flagship fund and Odyssey Investment Partners’ $3.25bn for its sixth flagship fund were among the largest funds closed during the month.
2 min read · 11 March 2020
Negative returns in credit, funds of funds and emerging markets dulled the $402bn institution’s PE performance last year, investment committee documents show.
3 min read · 10 March 2020
Asset allocators often assume diverse managers are impact investors, says NAIC president Robert Greene.
2 min read · 05 March 2020
