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EQT inches closer to €14.75bn target for Fund IX

The firm gathered €14.6bn by year-end for its ninth flagship and expects to hold the first close on its debut growth vehicle this year.

3 min read · 26 January 2021

Apollo to focus on governance, reputational risk as Black steps aside

In a letter to LPs on Monday, Leon Black said the alternatives giant's approach to reputation risk until now had been 'conservative'.

4 min read · 26 January 2021

How has the pandemic affected due diligence?

The majority of PE investment professionals have moved transactions through the pipeline during the pandemic, research from proSapient show.

3 min read · 25 January 2021

Nominate the future leaders of private equity

Tell us who deserves a place in PEI’s annual 40 under 40: Future Leaders of Private Equity list.

2 min read · 25 January 2021

Elbrus defies Russia's frosty climate to hit first close on Fund III

LP appetite for Russian private equity has been uncertain since the 2019 arrest of Baring Vostok founder Michael Calvey and several colleagues.

2 min read · 21 January 2021

Goldman Sachs offloads $4bn of PE from balance sheet

The bank is reducing the stress capital intensity of its businesses by selling balance sheet private equity investments, chief executive David Solomon said on the firm's earnings call.

2 min read · 20 January 2021

Blackstone’s Schwarzman expects ‘much less tension’ with China under Biden

Speaking at the Asian Financial Forum on Tuesday, the Blackstone founder said it seemed 'exceptionally odd and unproductive' for the world’s two largest economies not to co-operate.

2 min read · 20 January 2021

Partners Group gathered nearly $12bn of realisations in 2020

The private markets firm, which had de-prioritised exits in the second half of 2020, saw more divestments in Q4 driven by greater stability in market prices.

3 min read · 19 January 2021

Investors

Neuberger chief: US investors will have ‘enormous’ focus on labour rights, D&I in 2021

George Walker, the firm's chief executive and chairman, was speaking at the Asian Financial Forum on Monday.

2 min read · 18 January 2021

Chinese VC taps Eaton’s former APAC head as it raises dedicated tech fund

Chris Lerner joined MSA Capital in October after nearly a decade at Eaton Partners, where he led the origination and execution of fundraises, secondaries and strategic advisory.

2 min read · 18 January 2021

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