Private Equity

Western Europe

UK to drop outside top 5 in PE country attractiveness after Brexit

The UK will lose its status as the second most attractive destination for private equity investors after Brexit, says a business school report.

2 min read · 28 March 2018

Malaysia’s biggest state-backed asset manager eyes European push

Permodalan Nasional Berhad is bullish on Europe and is in talks with overseas private equity managers, according to the organisation’s group chief executive.

2 min read · 28 March 2018

Partners targets PE and real assets with debut impact fund

The fund, which has a $1bn hard-cap, will focus on education, healthcare, energy access, clean energy and social inclusion.

2 min read · 27 March 2018

Why Verdane's buyout fund is an ‘edda-fying’ development

The Nordic firm's Edda fund shows LPs are willing to back new propositions from GPs that can demonstrate an ability to deploy capital in a challenging environment.

2 min read · 27 March 2018

GDPR: The no-panic approach

Complying with the EU’s new data protection regime is a marathon, not a sprint

5 min read · 26 March 2018

The VAT dispute dividing Germany and the EU

Private equity continued making inroads in the German economy in 2017, but there was controversy surrounding whether private equity funds should get VAT exemptions, writes Andreas Rodin of P+P Pöllath + Partners

10 min read · 25 March 2018

Verdane reaches hard-cap on debut buyout fund

The Norwegian secondaries firm has launched a strategy targeting direct control positions in larger Nordic companies, managing partner Bjarne Lie told PEI.

2 min read · 22 March 2018

Ardian pivots to mandates as LPs shun primary FoFs

The firm has more than tripled its deployment of LP capital through mandates over the past three years as investors seek to avoid the additional fees associated with primary funds of funds.

3 min read · 20 March 2018

Carlyle's De Benedetti: Brexit is causing wait-and-see syndrome

The UK referendum has had an impact on the investment firm's business, according to Marco De Benedetti, co-head of European buyout.

3 min read · 19 March 2018

LP sentiment towards PE improves

More than 90% of LPs expect to maintain or increase their private equity allocations with only secondaries receiving a muted response in Rede Partners survey.

2 min read · 14 March 2018

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