Private Equity
The €33bn Fonds de Réserve pour les Retraites' supervisory board will review its asset allocation plan in April.
3 min read · 17 February 2020
LP scrutiny of approaches to ESG is intensifying, with climate change a key concern. Here are seven takeaways from this year’s Responsible Investment report.
4 min read · 17 February 2020
David Russell, head of responsible investment at the UK's biggest private pension, discusses how the private equity industry is reacting to climate change.
3 min read · 12 February 2020
More attractive entry conditions, an increase in activist investor campaigns and PE becoming more mainstream will drive public-to-private activity this year.
4 min read · 11 February 2020
Global pension funds' appetites for private markets has risen 17 percentage points over the past two decades, according to Willis Towers Watson.
3 min read · 11 February 2020
Fewer covenants can provide greater flexibility in dealing with portfolio company difficulties, but they may also prevent lenders from negotiating rescue plans with borrowers and sponsors. Andy Thomson and Andrew Hedlund investigate
10 min read · 10 February 2020
Permira, Nordic Capital and EQT are all examples of GPs who have acquired minority stakes in assets they've just exited in so-called 'rollover co-investment' deals.
4 min read · 10 February 2020
The $30bn pension is building a five-year road map for Europe PE and seeks to back up to 10 GPs.
2 min read · 06 February 2020
The €2bn restructuring of PAI Europe V, centred around one of the world's largest ice cream makers, suggests the secondaries market may be too small.
6 min read · 04 February 2020
Artificial barriers to PE investment and fundraising will do no good, said the heads of Invest Europe, France Invest and the British Private Equity and Venture Capital Association.
2 min read · 30 January 2020
