Private Equity

Performance

Carlyle unconcerned by AlpInvest fee earnings drop

The Q4 year-on-year drop from $7m to $1m is due to the run-off of legacy assets and several large fundraisings having yet to come to market, said co-CEO Glenn Youngkin.

2 min read · 05 February 2020

EnCap's valuation of Southland was fatally accurate

A combination of indebtedness and tanking oil and gas prices led to Southland's bankruptcy, not its valuation process.

3 min read · 31 January 2020

Apollo’s Black: ‘Secular tailwinds’ will help push AUM above $600bn

The credit specialist’s AUM hit $331bn at the end of Q4, half of which is in permanent capital vehicles.

3 min read · 30 January 2020

Vista sets ascending carried interest based on performance in next middle-market fund

New Jersey pension documents say the carry will be calculated from a cumulative distributions multiple, but will cap at 30 pct.

2 min read · 29 January 2020

Why Partners Group is underweight Asia-Pacific

The firm has been focusing on more institutional-quality opportunities in the region, according to its co-chief executive.

3 min read · 21 January 2020

How the Aksia-TorreyCove tie-up aims to level-up LPs' opportunistic investing

The two advisory firms are set to merge, combining Aksia’s private credit and hedge fund specialties with TorreyCove’s focus on private equity and real assets.

5 min read · 15 January 2020

Advent and Vista named in Hall of Fame PE fund ranking

Four additional entrants have been welcomed into the HEC Private Equity Value Creation Hall of Fame, launched in 2017 by associate professor Oliver Gottschalg.

2 min read · 09 January 2020

Country vs pan-regional funds: Which performs best?

Fund performance data show the former is likelier to deliver better returns in the US and Asia, while Europe’s homogenous nature gives pan-regional strategies the edge.

4 min read · 08 January 2020

Japan’s regional banks want more bang for their PE buck

The country’s mid-tier lenders are piling into the asset class in a bid to generate additional business opportunities in their respective locales.

5 min read · 04 December 2019

Cov-lite debt cushions PE industry against downturn ahead

Cheap, borrower-friendly loans proved a comfort to LPs and GPs at SuperInvestor, despite sentiment indicators ticking down this year.

2 min read · 27 November 2019

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