Private Equity

Trends & Research

PEI: Fundraising continues to outstrip 2016

Private equity funds held final closes on more than $86bn in Q3, up from $75bn in the same period last year.

1 min read · 02 October 2017

PE boasts resilience to downturns

GPs provided companies with greater capacity for growth during the financial crisis, according academic research.

2 min read · 02 October 2017

BlackRock survey: insurer appetite for PE wanes

The proportion of insurers planning to increase their allocation to private equity fell by around one-third, according to the world's largest asset manager.

2 min read · 27 September 2017

The rise of the African secondary buyout

What the increase in sponsor-to-sponsor transactions says about the growing private equity market.

6 min read · 26 September 2017

SI 30 ranking: secondaries on the up

Ardian has raised more than double its closest rival in our exclusive list of the world's biggest secondaries managers.

4 min read · 26 September 2017

Debt special: waiting for a downturn

Private equity managers are building war chests as they prepare for the market to sink, but forecasting when it will happen is tricky.

3 min read · 25 September 2017

Family offices to up allocations

Two-fifths of family offices are planning to increase their allocations to private equity, according to a report by UBS and Campden Wealth.

1 min read · 20 September 2017

UBS: Family offices to increase co-investment activity

Despite a drop in co-investing deals in 2016 due to execution challenges, global family offices continue to prefer direct investments, according to the UBS Global Family Office Report.

2 min read · 12 September 2017

How PE luminaries see the future of private equity

Blackstone, Carlyle and TPG share their views on how regulation, diversification and fintech are changing the nature of the industry.

2 min read · 11 September 2017

Canada private equity in 5 charts

With robust investment activity and some large exits, private equity in Canada bounced back in a big way in the first half of 2017.

2 min read · 30 August 2017

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