Manager strategy

The Swiss firm is targeting senior secured loans, but it will also make investments further down the capital stack such as mezzanine debt and of an opportunistic nature, such as rescue financings.

The fund is closing below its initial €7bn target after almost two years on the road.

Dedicated teams that can leverage the reputation, infrastructure and relationships of their parent firm ‘can be quite powerful’, a conference has heard.

Brady Hyde, private equity portfolio manager at the world's largest package delivery company, is banking on active portfolio management as the firm joins the ranks of LPs doing more direct investing.

Private equity managers are building war chests as they prepare for the market to sink, but forecasting when it will happen is tricky.

The sun is shining on private equity, and private debt is largely to thank. With financing from funds and banks readily available, Alistair Hay of Cavendish asks whether PE has ever had it so good and how these funding solutions can co-exist.

Leverage levels are creeping up to 2007 levels, but this time around there’s another factor to consider – the continued loosening of covenants. Should private equity investors be worried?

Increasing numbers of private equity firms are attempting to squeeze into the financing space, but finding enough high-quality deals will be a challenge.

As Private Equity International prepares to announce its Operational Excellence 2017 award winners, we take a look at the investment environment ahead and the importance of operational capabilities.

Private Equity International looks under the bonnet of the private equity firm's investment in a kibbutz-oriented irrigation business.