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The carried interest model could be improved. Here’s why it won’t be
Making LPAs more akin to contracts between fund managers and their portfolio company execs would lead to better GP-LP alignment.
Human Capital special: Why hiring in PE is getting tougher
The competition for hiring top talent in private equity is getting fiercer, and high salaries may no longer be enough to entice candidates.
LPs want to get in on the ground floor
Institutional investors are coming up with new ways to back managers before they take off.
‘Devil is in the detail’ on LP-GP alignment – report
GPs have more skin in the game, according to a survey by MJ Hudson – but whose skin is it?
Hard lessons from an Abraaj insider
There are specific, practical steps that LPs can take to improve fund controls and reduce the risk of wrongdoing.
Value-creating merger strategies
More than two-thirds of bolt-on acquisitions don’t achieve the expected synergies, largely because buyers don’t plan the integration properly, says Jon Caforio of RSM.
The holy trinity of terms: preferred return
In the final instalment of a three-part series, long-time limited partner turned consultant Ray Maxwell reflects on shortcomings of the hurdle rate in private equity and proposes an alternative.
WATCH: Talking fees, returns and diversity with Cambridge Associates
Head of global private investment research Andrea Auerbach discusses a market in which fees are becoming harder to track and GPs are on the front foot, in this in-depth 25-minute video interview.
The holy trinity of terms: management fees
Long-time limited partner turned consultant Ray Maxwell says private equity should benefit from either significant carried interest or high fees – but not both.
Pressing the reset button: tax considerations of resetting management equity
Chartered tax advisor Peter Abbott of Macfarlanes explains the UK tax implications of the move.
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