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Expiring sub lines put pressure on liquidity-starved LPs

Capital call loans are revealing both why they are useful and why some have flagged their widespread use as posing something of a systemic threat in a downturn.

5 min read · 01 November 2022

Q&A with Adams Street fund investing chiefs on finding GPs in the dislocated markets

Buyouts sat down with Brijesh Jeevarathnam and Saguna Malhotra about the environment for fund investments and how LPs are approaching fundraising amid the market dislocation.

4 min read · 28 October 2022

Sun Capital offers LPs exit path in older funds, seeks capital shot for new flagship

Other big tender processes in the market are being run by Carlyle Group and Harvest Partners, both of which include the potential for large staples of fresh capital.

3 min read · 27 October 2022

LPs see wave of coming extension requests and opportunity for concessions

Because of the tough economy, GPs will be looking for more time for everything from fundraising, to deploying a fund, to pushing back the terminal date of a fund’s life.

2 min read · 21 October 2022

StepStone, Schroders lead Trinity Hunt two-asset secondary

The deal, a concentrated-asset GP-led secondaries process, is among a few that have been able to navigate to final close this year despite the widening bid/ask spread.

3 min read · 21 October 2022

Ohio school employees’ pension bucks trend, seeks new relationships

Relationships with existing managers have been in vogue with LPs facing hard decisions in a tough economic climate.

2 min read · 20 October 2022

Clouds over the Sunshine State

Private equity finds itself in the middle of ESG’s escalating politicization.

5 min read · 18 October 2022

Harvest Partners allows LPs to cash out, looks for fundraising boost

Harvest’s tender offer sale is among several that GPs are using to give existing LPs an option to generate liquidity, while trying to boost new fundraisings.

3 min read · 18 October 2022

The worst PE fundraising market since the GFC

As economic uncertainty persists, fundraising is expected to remain challenging into next year.

2 min read · 14 October 2022

CDPQ tests pricing, pulls back secondary in sign of market challenges

CDPQ is among several sellers who have chosen to test pricing in the market, rather than engage in a full-out secondaries auction to sell fund stakes.

3 min read · 11 October 2022

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