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The firm counts former TPG, Warburg Pincus, Partners Group and Accel Partners professionals among its staff and will take passive stakes in sports franchises.

Governments, banks and PE firms need to support portfolio companies during the health crisis, the buyout giant's chief executive said on a Q1 earnings call on Friday.

The industry organisation is circulating a draft proposal recommending a host of disclosures on GPs’ use of subscription credit lines, with an eye to helping LPs manage exposure to the lines, allocation to PE and overall liquidity.

The firm received net inflows of $27bn, including almost $5bn in the last two weeks of March for its latest core private equity fund, according to its earnings announcement Thursday.

Africa's growth-oriented focus and DFI-heavy investor base could make it more resilient than other PE markets and help the continent rebound from health crisis.

These situations are especially relevant in older funds that have deployed most of their capital, with little left to reinvest back into portfolio companies.

As covid-19 wreaks havoc on financial markets, we look back at the previous crisis and the most active firms after the Lehman Brothers collapse.

Almost two-thirds of LPs are concerned about exceeding their policy target to private equity, according to a survey from the Institutional Limited Partners Association.

The New Zealand operator of retirement villages is seeking legal advice regarding EQT’s decision, which it says has no lawful basis.

The increased estimated fees for the Opportunistic Strategies portfolio come amid exactly the type of market dislocation for which the portfolio was partly designed.