Fundraising

The firm sees opportunities at the intersection of energy and Europe’s push for greater sovereignty, IR head Cenk Turkinan tells PEI.

Despite a fundraising slowdown, France remains a steady presence in European private equity.

The ecosystem for emerging manager fundraising has expanded over the years, with groups like Churchill Asset Management playing a significant role in helping support new firm formation.

JFL Equity Investors VII arrives in the market just over a year after the close of its predecessor at $2.23bn, well above an initial target of $1.6bn.

Why a former exec's bid for five New Mountain Capital assets fell apart; the economics becoming table stakes for trophy asset CVs; tech specialist Francisco targets a brace of fund closes.

The mantra 'DPI is the new IRR' has caught on across the PE industry, mostly because it describes the unique circumstances now faced by LPs and GPs alike.

The firm is hoping to convince investors with its superior DPI numbers, after falling short of its last flagship fundraising target.

Gene Yoon tells Buyouts that the firm assesses deployment rates and aims to avoid risk-return dilution when setting its fund size targets – though Fund V represents a 32% increase over its predecessor.