Fundraising

Capital has been soaked up by private equity mega-funds this year as travel restrictions hinder LPs’ ability to form new GP relationships during the pandemic.

IMM RoseGold IV is already about one-third deployed across four investments, including the $500m carve-out of Genuone Sciences.

The onset of the coronavirus presented a vital question to private equity managers – should they accept state support or not?

The Berlin fintech last month snapped up Winson Ng, former head of UBS Wealth Management’s PE team, and Sweta Chattopadhyay, former head of PE at bfinance.

Remember that other huge market disrupting force causing uncertainty for the UK PE industry in everything from portfolio companies to fundraising?

Wafra Europe managing director Tom Rotherham-Winqvist offers some advice to new managers looking to establish themselves on the private equity scene.

Covid-19 has left many investment professionals wondering whether they could garner better economics by setting up their own funds. We spoke to 21 market sources involved in successful spin-outs about leaving an established franchise and starting anew.

Investors appear to have adapted quickly to virtual processes, but which of the pandemic-driven changes are here to stay?

Hamilton Lane’s dual fee structure for its latest co-investment vehicle shows how GPs are responding to changing investor preferences.

The firm has blown past its $7bn target to hold the final close on Vintage VIII, which is already 20% committed.