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Ardian's Gombault departs as fund of funds and private debt head

Vincent Gombault, a two-decade veteran of the firm, oversaw a strategy that has grown to account for around half of the investment giant's $103bn in AUM.

3 min read · 04 January 2021

North American Private Equity in 2021: US poised to rev its engine

More SPACs, a return of big deals, a greater focus on the homeland and government policies to fuel economic growth are key themes to watch for this year.

4 min read · 04 January 2021

Story of the Year: The best of PEI’s Friday Letter

PEI’s editorial team tackled the climate crisis, racial inequality, tax avoidance and everything in between this year.

2 min read · 30 December 2020

Story of the Year: Did they really say that?

Representatives from Blackstone, CalPERS and PSERS were among this year’s most quotable denizens of private equity.

3 min read · 29 December 2020

Story of the Year: PEI’s most-downloaded podcasts of 2020

PEI Media’s Spotlight podcast was downloaded more than 56,000 times this year, with discussions ranging from the pandemic to diversity to when and how to build an in-house IR team.

2 min read · 28 December 2020

Happy Holidays from PEI!

Private Equity International will be back on 4 January.

1 min read · 24 December 2020

Story of the year: The private equity performance debate

The question of whether the asset class really delivers outperformance or is simply a billionaire factory came to the fore in 2020 with professor Ludovic Phalippou's last word on the subject.

3 min read · 23 December 2020

Story of the year: Vista's Robert Smith and the $139m 'nothing burger'

The tech-focused investor's chairman and chief executive admitted to tax evasion on almost $200m of assets in October.

3 min read · 23 December 2020

Story of the Year: Epstein connection casts shadow over Apollo

An link between Leon Black and Jeffrey Epstein cast a shadow over Apollo.

2 min read · 22 December 2020

Revealed: The busiest LPs of 2020

Presenting the top 10 investors who, amid lockdowns and remote working challenges, continued to back private equity GPs and their funds this year.

2 min read · 22 December 2020

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