Private Equity

Western Europe

Behind the headlines: PE critic Rasmussen’s regulatory push

The buyout model relies on ‘extracting value for the benefit of a few’, Denmark’s former prime minister told PEI in 2010, as he pressed for a regulatory clampdown on private equity.

3 min read · 29 November 2022

Behind the headlines: UK PE reluctantly becomes front-page news

The media gathered in Westminster to watch MPs quiz senior buyout executives about the private equity industry’s tax and business practices.

3 min read · 28 November 2022

Focus on value over cost as UK pensions given pathway to greater illiquids exposure

Defined contribution schemes in the UK are forecast to grow to more than £1trn in assets by 2030.

4 min read · 24 November 2022

OMERS PE: 'The market is challenging, but there's also opportunity'

The investor seeks to be the partner of choice for GPs and businesses in today's tough market, says the Ontario pension’s head of PE for Europe.

3 min read · 23 November 2022

How private markets investors will think about carbon in the future

Scope 4 emissions and carbon-adjusted earnings were some of the cutting edge ideas on the menu at this week’s Responsible Investment Forum: Europe.

3 min read · 21 November 2022

Planned reforms to UK pensions will open access to PE

Mooted removal of performance fees from the charge cap applied to direct contribution pensions will open up PE and VC to retail investors.

2 min read · 21 November 2022

PE braces itself for the EU Foreign Subsidy Regulation

With the regulation due to come into force next year, PE groups must ready themselves for the compliance challenges that are ahead, according to Jay Modrall, senior counsel at Norton Rose Fulbright.

3 min read · 17 November 2022

Q&A: Crédit Agricole CIB's Stéphane Barret

Stéphane Barret of Crédit Agricole CIB discusses financing for LBOs and how GPs are waiting for markets to settle.

3 min read · 15 November 2022

Carlyle’s Conway: Uncertainty over CEO is not impacting fundraising

The firm gathered $6bn across strategies in the third quarter and $25bn in the year to September; interim CEO says ‘no long-term damage’ with leadership change.

3 min read · 08 November 2022

Hg collects $11bn in Europe's largest buyout fund to close this year

Europe-focused funds trail behind other major global regions by capital raising so far this year with just $112.4bn closed.

2 min read · 07 November 2022

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