Private Equity
Advisors are likely to widen their scope of deal type this year amid the pause in traditional LP sales and GP-led processes.
3 min read · 01 September 2020
A company subject to a secondaries transaction could have at least five layers of leverage. We investigate how coronavirus has tested these layers.
10 min read · 01 September 2020
The value in the range of liquidity options available to private equity managers lies in their bespoke nature. Details of the offered terms and their practical operation should be carefully scrutinised, write Katie McMenamin and Ed Ford.
5 min read · 31 August 2020
Turbulent times have typically been periods of plenty for private equity secondaries players as assets trade at a discount and limited partners seek liquidity. Yet not all opportunities are created equal, says Partners Group’s Evelyn Zhang.
7 min read · 31 August 2020
Landmark Partners and NM PERA recently introduced the Excess Value Method, calculating the dollar value of a private investment’s performance against a benchmark. This could change how GPs get compensated, Avi Turetsky explains.
8 min read · 31 August 2020
Longshore Capital Partners will target control buyouts in the lower mid-market with a focus on founder-owned businesses in the business services sector.
2 min read · 31 August 2020
The pandemic has created uncertainty for the continent’s private equity industry. Yet with the right partner and deep local expertise, firms can emerge stronger from the crisis, says CDC Group’s Clarisa De Franco
7 min read · 31 August 2020
The coronavirus pandemic has led clients to reassess their outsourcing needs, says Sanne Group’s Fred Steinberg.
6 min read · 31 August 2020
The Ivanti process is interesting in that Clearlake recently sold a partial stake in the company to TA Associates in a regular M&A transaction.
2 min read · 20 August 2020
HSBC Vision Private Equity 2020 Fund raised the capital to invest across primaries, secondaries and direct co-investments.
2 min read · 20 August 2020
