Private Equity
Public-to-private deals reached their highest level since before the global financial crisis last year as private market valuations prompted buyers to seek value elsewhere.
2 min read · 27 February 2019
France’s parliament is working on legal reforms that introduce a tax-efficient system to distribute a portion of capital gains among all employees of an acquired company.
2 min read · 14 February 2019
Fifteen months after launching the $100bn tech fund, SoftBank Group founder Masayoshi Son stance on raising successor funds every two years may be softening.
3 min read · 07 February 2019
A move away from Wall Street is the only way to keep outperforming, the private markets investment firm's Steffen Meister tells PEI.
6 min read · 05 February 2019
Actis has created its own open-source impact scoring methodology in response to demand from LPs. Shami Nissan and James Magor detail the challenges involved.
9 min read · 01 February 2019
It largely attributed the drop to publicly-traded portfolio company holdings in Fund VIII, an $18.4bn 2014-vintage.
2 min read · 31 January 2019
The firm expects to launch its debut dedicated life sciences fund this year and is racing toward a large first close on its latest private equity flagship fund.
3 min read · 31 January 2019
Who will shape the industry over the next decade? Let us know for our new annual list.
2 min read · 31 January 2019
Cranemere Group has raised capital from a Middle Eastern family office, a public US institution and a UK pension, PEI understands.
2 min read · 30 January 2019
For Michael Chae, private equity fees are 'still justified' by the industry's value creation and performance.
5 min read · 29 January 2019
