Private Equity

North America

What happens when ESOPs meet continuation funds?

The treatment of co-investments in continuation vehicles could provide guidance on how things may play out when PE-backed portfolio companies with a broad-based employee stock ownership plan are rolled into a CV.

3 min read · 10 October 2024

Bakery deals: Rising to the occasion

North American bakery businesses have become a prime target for private equity investment.

4 min read · 07 October 2024

Performance Watch: Portfolio Advisors' PE and secondaries funds

The US-based mid-market specialist launched its 12th PE flagship in December with a $750m target, according to pension documents.

1 min read · 03 October 2024

Apollo private equity to double in size as part of firm’s $1.5trn AUM goal

Private equity AUM is expected to double in the next five years to reach $270bn, co-heads David Sambur and Matt Nord said at Apollo’s 2024 Investor Day.

2 min read · 02 October 2024

Digital instruments enter the secondaries market

Tokenised secondaries funds are a great match for first-time investors in private markets, says Securitize co-founder Jamie Finn.

2 min read · 02 October 2024

Dissecting DPI: How LPs can cut through the noise

Continuation funds, NAV loans, dividend recaps and other tools have muddied the waters when it comes to investors ascertaining how distributed to paid-in ratios are generated.

10 min read · 01 October 2024

The secrets to being the perfect co-investment partner

A well-thought-out strategy can put you first in line as the partner of choice for your favourite GPs, according to participants at PEI's latest sponsored co-investment roundtable.

10 min read · 01 October 2024

Maryland pension system to build dedicated PE emerging managers programme

The system floated a plan to invest $250m to emerging private equity managers over the next five years.

2 min read · 30 September 2024

OMERS’ return to fund investing may signal the end of an era

Some curtailment of the scope of direct investing, and the reintroduction of fund investing, mark a fundamental shift from the past practice of an innovative Canadian institution.

3 min read · 30 September 2024

With 2x oversubscribed fund, Headline maps ambitious growth strategy

The $865m fund will be invested by a new growth team led by former TCV general partner Shalini Rao and including alumni of Bessemer Venture Partners, EQT Group, Insight Partners and Bond.

5 min read · 30 September 2024

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