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What LPs want in an impact fund: additionality and intentionality

Investors will overlook underdeveloped assessment frameworks if managers show how they will create change, said panellists at the Impact Investor Global Summit.

4 min read · 23 May 2023

NAV finance: Now and the future

A confluence of market events are fuelling growth in the demand for NAV and hybrid facilities, write lawyers from Reed Smith.

4 min read · 22 May 2023

Impact will become part of all investing

The cast of characters at this year's Impact Investor Global Summit tells a positive story about how institutional investors are thinking about impact.

2 min read · 18 May 2023

How to best mitigate risk through portfolio diversification

Executives from SimCorp talk to PEI about the importance of 'commitment efficiency' when diversifying a private markets portfolio.

4 min read · 17 May 2023

ILPA's continuation fund guidance addresses ‘growing LP frustrations’

The trade group has issued guidance to address concerns over conflicts and the speed of GP-led deals.

5 min read · 16 May 2023

How private equity performs during downturns

A study by HEC Paris finds that PE-backed ‘downturn deals’ over a 25-year period had a success rate of 65%

3 min read · 16 May 2023

GPs face the music: The new reality of a 'failed' fundraise

Multiple managers have either closed or expect to close their latest private equity flagships below target – something unthinkable a few years ago.

7 min read · 10 May 2023

DOWNLOAD: APAC dries up amid global fundraising slowdown

Asia-Pacific’s contribution to fundraising last quarter fell below historical norms – with just $2.2bn raised, or 1.3% of the global total, according to PEI's downloadable Q1 data.

2 min read · 08 May 2023

Built to last: A sharp focus is Hg's key to success

The Japanese philosophy of kaizen – a constant focus on improvement – will be key to replicating software specialist Hg’s success over the coming decades

10 min read · 04 May 2023

PE's frosty fundraising environment drives dearth of closes

The number of vehicles to wrap up fundraising during the first quarter suggests total funds to close this year could fall by half, according to PEI data.

3 min read · 03 May 2023

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