Carlyle has created a vehicle that will allow investors to commit as little as $50,000 in its buyout funds.
The UK’s private equity trade body is urging the government to lower taxes on small businesses as a way of encouraging long-term investment.
Andrew Caspersen has joined the firm to focus on the growing need of GPs to restructure aging funds that are approaching the end of their lives.
Paul Hastings lawyer Kimberly Smith shares with PE Manager an exclusive survey on how GPs are using equity incentives to attract and motivate top portfolio company executives.
Private equity firms and service providers will be pleased to see a £5 million bank bond requirement erased from Jersey’s LLP law.
The mid-market firm hopes to manage a bigger pool of capital in exchange for a reduced management fee.
General partners will continue to offer lower management fees in what could be a more favourable fundraising environment next year, says Hall Capital’s Jessica Reed Saouaf.
The firm, which closed its fourth fund on its €600m hard-cap, said maintaining relationships with investors – even when they are not investing in your fund, is the recipe to a successful fundraising.
Asia is the most attractive market for LPs worldwide, and a majority of LPs believe fund terms will continue moving in their favour, according to a CEPRES survey.
Presidential politics are of little concern, say Bain LPs, who in various interviews emphasised flexible fund terms and a focus on operational improvement as their core areas of focus.