Western Europe

Co-investments play a key role in its decision to partner with first-time funds and emerging managers, partner and head of Europe Rune Jepsen tells PEI.

The move would bring the Luxembourg-headquartered firm in line with peers Blackstone, KKR, Carlyle and EQT.

A flurry of recent products suggests ELTIF 2.0 is gaining traction with managers and investors alike.

In this podcast, PEI senior editor Adam Le sits down with Richard Anthony, chief executive of Evercore’s private funds group, to hear his advice for GPs wanting to launch ancillary strategies.

Smaller managers are under pressure to commit to their own funds as LPs seek stability in a volatile market.

Valuations remain ‘very much on paper’ as a result of limited liquidity in the market, AXA IM’s global head of alts says at PEI Group’s NEXUS 2024 summit.

Shortly after reaching its long-time goal of $1trn in AUM, Blackstone ushered in Lionel Assant and Kenneth Caplan as co-CIOs. We sit down with the pair to discuss how the newly created role will aid the firm in its future growth.

Could alternative interpretations of offshoring private equity fund structures spread to other parts of the world?

Concerns over future use-cases in face of AI has led to ‘a number of broken sales processes’, says Sascha Pfeiffer, head of European technology at Houlihan Lokey.

Jail time, fines and increasing investigations from the local tax authority – in Germany’s largest state, the private equity industry appears to be in a state of fear when it comes to the issue of tax and offshoring.