Private Equity

North America

Performance watch: Silver Lake's PE funds

An interactive chart mapping returns by net IRR and total-value-to-paid-in across some of the firm's private equity funds.

1 min read · 07 January 2019

PSERS eyes secondaries sale amid fee reduction push

The proposed deal comes amid a recommendation by a state commission that PSERS and fellow pension SERS cut illiquids and move to passive index investing.

3 min read · 07 January 2019

2019 in North America: These deals keep on turning

US private equity activity is likely to continue apace whatever happens to the economic and credit cycles.

3 min read · 03 January 2019

Who's raising what in the new year?

PEI looks at the largest funds in market at the start of 2019.

1 min read · 02 January 2019

Story of the year: C-corp switch entices some, leaves others unmoved

Two giant private equity houses became corporations this year while others remain unconvinced of the benefits.

2 min read · 27 December 2018

A year in listed mega-firms: New strategies and lots of fundraising

In 2018, listed giants Blackstone, Apollo, Carlyle and KKR gave us glimpses of what’s to come.

2 min read · 20 December 2018

Ridgemont ups bitesize potential with larger fund

The firm – a spin out from Bank of America in 2010 – attracted roughly one-third of its $1.65bn Fund III from non-US investors, up from 12% in Fund II.

2 min read · 20 December 2018

LPs’ greatest fear is too much money coming into PE

Too much money pursuing too few opportunities across all areas of private equity is investors' main issue, a survey by placement firm Probitas Partners found.

2 min read · 20 December 2018

2018 in North America: How PE thrived in a year of change

Tax reform, the introduction of trade tariffs and a contentious round of mid-term elections didn’t dampen private equity activity in the US this year.

3 min read · 18 December 2018

Advent targets Q2 one-and-done for latest mega-fund – exclusive

The firm is understood to be targeting between $15bn and $17.5bn for Fund IX.

1 min read · 12 December 2018

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