Private Equity

Buyout

More 'shadow processes', club deals in 2023 – WIPM Summit

With deal activity slowing, GPs are partnering up and ensuring that portfolio companies are agile and stress-tested, according to panellists from EQT, Eurazeo and Churchill Asset Management.

2 min read · 01 December 2022

A question of performance

Private equity has probably outperformed public equities over the past 21 years but the uncertainty around performance and how it is measured remains a sticking point for the industry, writes Rod James.

4 min read · 01 December 2022

Changemakers: K-L

21 Changemakers: from KKR’s Pete Stavros to Wol Kolade of Livingbridge.

8 min read · 01 December 2022

Gulf Capital: An emerging Silk Road

Home to some of the world’s fastest-growing economies, the Gulf and Southeast Asia are building local and global economic ties as part of the development of a new Silk Road, say Gulf Capital’s Karim El Solh and Shantanu Mukerji.

7 min read · 01 December 2022

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

Vista passes halfway mark to $20bn target for latest flagship

Vista Equity Partners VIII is seeking the third-largest amount of capital among private equity funds in market, according to PEI data.

3 min read · 16 November 2022

Five charts on Central and Eastern Europe PE – Bain & Co

Despite the war in Ukraine and macroeconomic disruption, the CEE region continues to attract investor capital due to its tech talent and the potential for more cross-border integration across sectors.

3 min read · 16 November 2022

DOWNLOAD: Q1-Q3 fundraising defies market slowdown

Aggregate capital raised by private equity funds hit $516.9bn, the second-highest Q1-Q3 total on record, according to PEI data.

1 min read · 09 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

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