Private Equity
The investment company will have about $1bn to back buyout deals and venture investments in the world's third-biggest economy.
2 min read · 31 January 2018
The appearance of limited partners on the buyside of deals has helped open up the market, according to dealmakers from KKR, Bridgepoint, PAI Partners and Astorg Partners at a conference in Cannes.
2 min read · 25 January 2018
The investment firm is seeking $2.5bn for HarbourVest Partners Co-investment V, exceeding the $1bn it targeted for Fund IV, Private Equity International has learned.
2 min read · 23 January 2018
LPs are increasing their appetite for co-investment, but with growing competition they will need to focus on the value they can bring to a partnership with a GP, say Pantheon partners Dennis McCrary and Jeff Miller
9 min read · 11 January 2018
Strategic buyers are starting to lose out to private equity firms which are leveraging tech advantages in their portfolios, according to a Silicon Valley-based partner at Hogan Lovells.
2 min read · 09 January 2018
Greg Stento, a managing director at HarbourVest Partners, worries the lessons learned from prior downturns are fading.
3 min read · 04 January 2018
Ardian Co-investment V had secured at least €447m as of May, according to an investment document seen by Private Equity International.
1 min read · 11 December 2017
One-third of limited partners are willing to pay for deals where they are not an existing fund investor, according to a survey by Asante Capital Group.
2 min read · 05 December 2017
Sanjeev Phakey, an investment manager who has spent the last six years at one of the UK's largest pension funds, joins to focus on fund and co-investments.
1 min read · 23 November 2017
Limited partners should question whether co-investments are within a manager's sweet spot, investors at PEI's Women in Private Equity conference said.
2 min read · 22 November 2017
