Private Equity
In February, Blackstone’s Jon Gray met Jonathan Brasse to explain why it is time to respond to private investment’s naysayers with a targeted campaign of facts about the sector’s non-financial efforts.
9 min read · 07 April 2020
The insurance giant has promoted a member of its global credit investment team to lead its $10bn push into alternatives, Private Equity International has learned.
2 min read · 07 April 2020
The 40-year private equity veteran on Thoma Bravo’s meteoric scale-up and why the industry started to attract negative headlines.
6 min read · 06 April 2020
The firm’s co-chief executives and board of directors have pledged 100% of their base salaries over the next six months to support portfolio companies.
2 min read · 02 April 2020
A number of GPs are using flush balance sheets to seed their own distressed debt funds, according to firm head Michael Rees.
2 min read · 30 March 2020
Two European LPs have already defaulted on capital calls, and more are rumoured, as LPs get hit with a one-two punch of large, often early capital calls and drying up distributions.
5 min read · 30 March 2020
Heavily invested legacy vintages might suffer more than funds in market, with the jury still out on whether this crisis will be sharp and short like the GFC, or sharp and longer-lasting running through various cycles.
3 min read · 26 March 2020
CVC Capital Partners VIII is targeting just under $19bn.
2 min read · 26 March 2020
The consulting firm has created an interactive diagnostic tool to help private equity-backed companies facing coronavirus-related risks.
2 min read · 25 March 2020
Market volatility has led to stalled deals, the withdrawal of sellers and the return of MAC clauses.
4 min read · 25 March 2020
