Private Equity
The firm ended last year with €533m in cash, no structural debt and €3.8bn in dry powder.
2 min read · 16 March 2020
The industry learned some valuable lessons from the GFC, but this crisis will be different.
2 min read · 12 March 2020
How coronavirus is hitting private markets across the world. Here’s today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.
5 min read · 12 March 2020
The world's second-largest PE firm enforces a firm-wide travel ban in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
2 min read · 12 March 2020
The asset manager has pulled plans for either a private sale or IPO for an Australia-based coal export terminal amid travel restrictions and market volatility.
2 min read · 12 March 2020
Sponsors are also pushing for longer due diligence windows to account for disruption caused by coronavirus and to better understand its impact, a law firm has said.
3 min read · 12 March 2020
The virus outbreak, which has hammered the broader economy for several weeks as business activity slows, is causing sellers to delay bringing secondary deals to market.
3 min read · 11 March 2020
Lawyers from Paul Weiss pinpoint the areas of a private equity firm's operations that may need to be adjusted to account for the coronavirus outbreak, including fund documentation, valuation and banking relationships.
5 min read · 11 March 2020
MACs may become the order of the day depending on how the coronavirus outbreak continues. LPs and GPs are also discovering the joy of video conferencing. Plus: a Golden Gate portfolio company is tapping the secondaries market and Actis has spelled out its impact credentials. Here’s today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.
4 min read · 11 March 2020
Happily, most private equity firms today are equipped to tackle meetings with portfolio companies, bankers and limited partners virtually.
3 min read · 10 March 2020
