Private Equity
Sven Lidén, who left the private equity firm after it was acquired by Schroders, has started his new role at the Swiss secondaries specialist.
1 min read · 02 May 2018
The asset class returned 2.2% in the first quarter against a volatile backdrop characterised by pension reform and the threat of a trade war.
2 min read · 30 April 2018
Pension pooling will not only reduce costs but allow UK pensions to hire people that can go toe-to-toe with private equity managers, argues Pension SuperFund creator Edi Truell.
3 min read · 30 April 2018
Why it can be problematic to connect a GP-led secondaries deal to a primary fundraising.
3 min read · 26 April 2018
UK public pensions have not been seduced into private equity’s growth as successfully as some other investors. Sarah Smart, chairwoman of pensions administrator TPT Retirement Solutions, suggests some reasons why.
2 min read · 26 April 2018
A lack of industry standards makes measuring the size of secondaries deals tricky in a fast-evolving market.
2 min read · 25 April 2018
GPs deployed €19.2bn into entry deals in the first quarter of the year, down from €37bn in the same period in in 2017, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence.
2 min read · 24 April 2018
What's it like being the GP at the centre of the largest ever GP-led restructuring? Nordic Capital managing partner Kristoffer Melinder discusses key learnings from its transaction.
4 min read · 23 April 2018
The newly-rebranded Oddo BHF Private Equity will seek €300m for a new secondaries vehicle from predominantly European and Middle Eastern institutional LPs.
2 min read · 20 April 2018
Asset manager Oddo BHF has acquired the fund of funds unit in its first foray into private equity.
1 min read · 17 April 2018
