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Health and tech: A compelling combination

PE firms continue to vie for assets in the increasingly digitalised healthcare market, but a selective approach is critical if they are to navigate challenges such as regulation and intense competition.

7 min read · 01 July 2022

How firms can distinguish themselves in a crowded fundraising market

With so many funds in market chasing ever-heightening targets, GPs cannot rely solely on their returns track record to secure LP commitments.

2 min read · 01 July 2022

Follow-on funds are sign of a new private equity paradigm

Follow-on funds are the latest proof that buying, holding and selling within five years is largely a thing of the past.

4 min read · 30 June 2022

KKR’s ESG advisers warn of rising threat of inequality

Highlights from KKR's 2021 sustainability report, including: thoughts from its sustainability advisory council; its three 'Global Ambitions'; and the credit team's coming framework for sustainability-linked loans.

2 min read · 28 June 2022

How GPs can stay on top of their management companies’ needs

GPs often underestimate the effort and expertise required to service their management companies, but with the right resources, they can stay in the good graces of regulators and focus on delivering returns.

10 min read · 28 June 2022

Leon Capital, with Blackstone and KKR pedigree, eyes debut pledge fund

Leon is among a handful of first-timers moving into the tough fundraising environment favouring existing relationships and established funds over newcomers.

2 min read · 27 June 2022

BlackRock's Conway: Central banks need to be careful with 'aggressive' rate hikes

Inflationary pressure has been driven by different factors relative to previous iterations of rate hikes, Edwin Conway, global head of BlackRock Alternative Investors tells PEI.

2 min read · 21 June 2022

KKR's co-heads of Europe on the region's 'radical and accelerating change'

KKR’s co-heads of Europe, Philipp Freise and Mattia Caprioli, discuss investing during wartime, and doubling down on their partnership playbook for Europe.

10 min read · 09 June 2022

CHART: The biggest dedicated life sciences capital raisers

Dedicated life sciences firms with strong AUM growth have been prime targets for larger GPs recently – here's a list of firms ranked by capital raised.

4 min read · 07 June 2022

NSSK: Japanese PE is entering a ‘golden age’

Favourable conditions are spurring the country’s private equity industry into the next stage of development, say NSSK’s Jun Tsusaka and Shohei Akiyama.

7 min read · 01 June 2022

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