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KKR makes record bets in Asia as pandemic ‘catalyses’ sales processes

Coronavirus uncertainty and liquidity constraints have made some business owners in the region more willing to sell, head of Asia-Pacific Ming Lu tells PEI.

4 min read · 24 June 2020

PODCAST: Three months of lockdown – how are LPs and GPs adapting?

Our senior editors discuss the findings of our latest surveys looking at how private equity investors and their managers are doing business during the covid-19 crisis.

1 min read · 23 June 2020

Opportunity zone market appears to be weathering covid crisis

Major OZ fund managers like Cresset and Bridge Investment Group are still moving forward despite the market disruption from the coronavirus crisis.

4 min read · 19 June 2020

CalPERS CIO unveils major new leverage-backed push into private equity and private credit

The US's biggest public pension is planning to leverage as much as $80bn of its assets in order to take positions in riskier asset classes.

4 min read · 16 June 2020

DOWNLOAD: Investor outlook on 2020 in light of covid-19

Our latest study examines how investors' thinking has evolved regarding their private equity commitments, performance, state support and more in this downloadable presentation.

1 min read · 16 June 2020

LACERS board member: PE market could be 'underwater far more than we think'

Sung Won Sohn said private equity-backed companies' lack of easy liquidity could mean they will not perform as well as public companies.

3 min read · 12 June 2020

Australia’s Archer again freezes plans to raise a sixth flagship – exclusive

The firm had been in early discussions with existing LPs about a smaller Archer Capital Fund 6 and will focus solely on its current portfolio.

2 min read · 11 June 2020

GPs ask LPs for more ability to use fund-level leverage to prop older investments

GPs are seeking fund term amendment requests to either add the ability to use fund-level leverage in general, or to expand their ability to put debt on the fund.

3 min read · 10 June 2020

Northleaf mobilizes dry powder for emerging secondaries, infrastructure deals

Northleaf is expecting a range of “high-quality assets” to come to market once owners “react to their own short-term liquidity needs,” managing partner Stuart Waugh told Buyouts.

3 min read · 01 June 2020

PEI 300 2020: This crisis will test PE’s value creation story

The global financial meltdown was a major catalyst in private equity’s move away from financial engineering. The covid-19 pandemic will show how real this move has been.

3 min read · 01 June 2020

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