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Carlyle’s Lee: ‘Fundraising is most challenging in the corporate PE segment’

Areas that represent continued growth for the firm include credit, investment solutions and infrastructure, chief executive Kewsong Lee said on the firm's second quarter earnings call.

3 min read · 28 July 2022

US Senate Democrats agree to $14bn carried interest tax reform

Earlier efforts to reform carried interest taxation had stalled, before US Senator Joe Manchin announced on Wednesday that he and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer had worked out a deal.

3 min read · 28 July 2022

Three ways markdowns could impact the private equity industry

Private asset repricing could help to alleviate some LP allocation pressures, spark a slowdown in exits and drive a resurgence in secondaries activity.

3 min read · 21 July 2022

Inflation and rising rates will stifle PE transactions in H2 – Bain

Private equity investors should brace for more uncertainty around inflation and asset valuations in the months ahead after deal volumes slowed in the first six months of the year.

2 min read · 20 July 2022

David Layton to step aside as Partners Group PE head

Layton continued to head up Partners Group’s private equity business after being made co-chief executive in 2018 and sole CEO of the firm in 2021.

3 min read · 12 July 2022

PE’s halcyon days might be over – at least for now

This year’s GI 100 ranking captures an asset class that may temporarily have reached its zenith.

3 min read · 30 June 2022

The Nordic 'thought leader' LP that's sceptical of GPs going public

Swedish insurer Skandia Asset Management doesn't just go with the flow. Its head of private equity and infrastructure, Daniel Winther, discusses his bearish outlook on of continuation funds, sponsors listing and ESG targets.

10 min read · 13 June 2022

Neuberger Berman: Japan’s institutional investors branch out

Japanese LPs are looking beyond commingled funds to more customised solutions, including fund of ones and SMAs, say Neuberger Berman’s Ryo Ohira, Jonathan Shofet and Yoshi Yagisawa.

7 min read · 01 June 2022

The Longreach Group: A bridge between two spheres

Against an increasingly bifurcated geopolitical backdrop, Japan is uniquely positioned to give investors a stable and safe access platform to Asia’s secular growth story, says Mark Chiba, group chairman and partner at The Longreach Group.

7 min read · 01 June 2022

The arguments over listing rage on

Alternatives managers going public remains an issue some LPs can’t get their heads around.

3 min read · 26 May 2022

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