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Partners Group introduces portfolio company employee equity programme

All employees of German toymaker Schleich have been able to invest in the business, the firm writes in its annual sustainability report.

2 min read · 04 May 2022

NEST taps Schroders Capital for growth equity push

The £24bn defined contribution pension's first-ever PE mandate will make up to 10 investments in small and mid-cap companies.

4 min read · 04 May 2022

Growth secondaries: When the price is not quite right

The booming secondaries market for growth assets is on pause, although deals can still happen if sponsors offer a discount.

3 min read · 03 May 2022

Ares counts on incumbency, non-PE strategies if fundraising slows

In its Q1 earnings call, Ares said it closed a second special opportunities fund at a $6bn hard-cap and will later this year or early next launch a seventh flagship corporate PE fund.

3 min read · 02 May 2022

Carlyle admits crowded market will delay its PE fundraising timelines

Some 3,801 private equity funds in market are seeking approximately $1.2trn between them, according to PEI data.

3 min read · 28 April 2022

DOWNLOAD: LP portfolios groan under strain of $1.2trn fundraising super cycle

Funds in market are seeking an almost 70% increase from the same time last year, according to PEI's latest quarterly fundraising report.

3 min read · 28 April 2022

KKR’s oversubscribed North America fund puts employee ownership in the spotlight

KKR’s $19bn NA XIII, the largest fund in its history, is the first dedicated fund which will implement employee ownership across all majority-owned companies.

3 min read · 26 April 2022

Brookfield to go bigger in Europe with Germany push

The alternatives firm plans to open a Frankfurt office as early as this year as it seeks to tap deal opportunities in Europe’s industrial powerhouse.

2 min read · 25 April 2022

Investors push for greater alignment in continuation vehicles versus blind-pool funds

Funds set up to allow sponsors to hold assets for longer typically must satisfy both an IRR and MOIC hurdle, research from law firm Paul Hastings has found.

3 min read · 20 April 2022

GP stakes giant Petershill Partners ‘starting to see activity in Asia’

North American GPs accounted for 89% of Petershill Partners' invested capital as of end-December, with the remainder in Europe, according to its maiden full-year earnings.

3 min read · 20 April 2022

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