Private Equity
Firms including Blackstone, Carlyle Group and KKR have reported falls in their private equity portfolios this year due to the combined impact of covid-19 and a rout in oil prices.
2 min read · 14 May 2020
Clearlake Capital Group gathered more than $7bn for its sixth flagship fund and CVC Capital Partners raised $4.5bn for its fifth Asia-dedicated fund.
2 min read · 13 May 2020
We examine the firm's private equity funds in the latest instalment of a special series looking at quarter-on-quarter performance amid the downturn.
1 min read · 12 May 2020
From France to Poland to the UK, check out how governments are strengthening screening rules on assets deemed essential for security and public order in light of covid-19.
1 min read · 05 May 2020
The covid-19 pandemic is challenging the PE industry to work in entirely new ways. We ask if this will reshape how the industry operates over the long term.
8 min read · 30 April 2020
As the health pandemic takes its toll, the societal issues weighed up by investors are becoming more pressing. What does this mean for the sector?
5 min read · 30 April 2020
Christian Sinding discusses why private equity should get access to state aid during the crisis and how it balances the interests of its companies and LPs.
4 min read · 30 April 2020
Governments, banks and PE firms need to support portfolio companies during the health crisis, the buyout giant's chief executive said on a Q1 earnings call on Friday.
3 min read · 24 April 2020
Russell Valdez of the $25bn investor discusses how GPs can ease pressing concerns of LPs and how the firm is supporting its managers during the coronavirus crisis.
4 min read · 23 April 2020
The firm has merged its financial services and industrial tech and services teams to tap more attractive deals as a result of market dislocation.
2 min read · 20 April 2020
