Private Equity
There are specific, practical steps that LPs can take to improve fund controls and reduce the risk of wrongdoing.
2 min read · 11 October 2018
More than two-thirds of bolt-on acquisitions don’t achieve the expected synergies, largely because buyers don’t plan the integration properly, says Jon Caforio of RSM.
4 min read · 03 October 2018
In the final instalment of a three-part series, long-time limited partner turned consultant Ray Maxwell reflects on shortcomings of the hurdle rate in private equity and proposes an alternative.
4 min read · 11 September 2018
Head of global private investment research Andrea Auerbach discusses a market in which fees are becoming harder to track and GPs are on the front foot, in this in-depth 25-minute video interview.
1 min read · 07 September 2018
Long-time limited partner turned consultant Ray Maxwell says private equity should benefit from either significant carried interest or high fees – but not both.
3 min read · 06 September 2018
If one US state enacts legislation to tax private equity execs more heavily, a host of others could follow.
2 min read · 13 August 2018
One investor said the original rate was ‘just not a standard hurdle’.
5 min read · 30 July 2018
Plans to simplify the limited partnership agreement are ambitious, lawyers say.
8 min read · 27 March 2018
The Alaska Permanent Fund’s approach to private equity provides a glimpse of how the asset class will develop.
2 min read · 22 March 2018
In the face of rampant LP demand, should private equity firms worry about the industry’s wider reputation?
3 min read · 15 March 2018
