Private Equity
New EU rules on ESG, corporate carve-outs and higher taxes driving dealflow could dominate the European private equity scene this year.
5 min read · 05 January 2021
Vincent Gombault, a two-decade veteran of the firm, oversaw a strategy that has grown to account for around half of the investment giant's $103bn in AUM.
3 min read · 04 January 2021
Young executives identified as future leaders will emerge from 2020 more experienced because of the unique challenges they faced.
2 min read · 21 December 2020
From best practices for leaving your existing firm to top tips on how to approach LPs, Carlo Pirzio-Biroli, managing partner of Glendower Capital, shares his thoughts in this 17-minute podcast.
1 min read · 17 December 2020
Capital has been soaked up by private equity mega-funds this year as travel restrictions hinder LPs’ ability to form new GP relationships during the pandemic.
3 min read · 17 December 2020
Four out of seven private equity transactions worth more than $1bn in enterprise value this year involved VC-backed companies, according to investment firm Atomico.
2 min read · 16 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
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
For GPs, teaming up with strategic buyers and tapping assets on smaller listed indices could lead to an increase in public-to-private deals over the next year, say industry practitioners.
4 min read · 09 December 2020
The Berlin fintech last month snapped up Winson Ng, former head of UBS Wealth Management’s PE team, and Sweta Chattopadhyay, former head of PE at bfinance.
3 min read · 09 December 2020
