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Quilvest: 'hard decisions' needed to stay in mid-market

The fund of funds has chosen to support funds that have 'stayed in their sweet spot rather than those jumping in tremendously in fund size', according to partner Maninder Saluja.

2 min read · 06 November 2017

Asset management giants grow alts businesses

The 500 largest fund managers held $2.5trn of alternative AUM at the end of last year, up 5% from 2015, according to the P&I/Willis Towers Watson global 500.

1 min read · 31 October 2017

Quantum seeks $2bn for Africa

The investment manager aims to secure the funds from Middle Eastern investors by 2019, chief executive Jean Claude Bastos de Morais tells PEI.

2 min read · 24 October 2017

Why Blackstone is moving toward permanent capital

The firm’s COO, Tony James, sees the traditional 10-year private equity fund as ‘a bit of a treadmill’.

2 min read · 19 October 2017

French LPs drive 30% fundraising surge

Domestic LPs demonstrated a strong increase in appetite for French private equity in H1, with commitments climbing to €5.4bn from €3.2bn a year ago, according to a report.

1 min read · 16 October 2017

Investing in the lower mid-market is like boiling the ocean

Industry practitioners agree the best managers in the lower mid-market are producing the best returns private equity can offer – but identifying those groups is not an easy task.

3 min read · 12 October 2017

Hermes tilts towards separate accounts

The private equity investor has raised $389m for its third co-investment programme, which will invest alongside a further $230m through sidecars and separate mandates.

2 min read · 10 October 2017

PAI eyes December first close for €4bn flagship

Details of the fund’s terms were revealed in documents prepared for Pennsylvania Public School Employees’ Retirement System.

2 min read · 09 October 2017

US investors help Oakley break hard-cap on Fund III

A return in LP interest in the European mid-market helped the firm raise €800m for its third flagship vehicle.

2 min read · 03 October 2017

LPs turn up the heat on GPs over climate change

Limited partners are increasing the pressure on fund managers to disclose more about the risks portfolio companies face from climate change, the PEI Responsible Investment Forum heard on Wednesday.

4 min read · 28 September 2017

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