Fundraising

Lily Wong; Partner and US General Counsel/Chief Compliance Officer; Pantheon Ventures; San Francisco, California

News on professional service providers to the private equity market.

A $6bn fund targeting financial services closed last year will downsize to $4.5bn in commitments. TPG is telling investors an influx of US government rescue cash to the sector has diminished opportunities.

Difficult times in the market can be an opportunity to solidify your reputation, with the right communication strategy. By Alexander Leventhal, Broadgate Communications

News on professional service providers to the private equity market

Participants at the PEI Strategic Financial Management Conference in San Francisco were gearing up for bumpier rides and hotter spotlights in 2009

Permira has offered its LPs a way out of their commitments - but at a steep price

Two senior communicators from Blackstone and Warburg Pincus, respectively, have departed

A co-founder of Apax Partners is filing suit against his partners to claim profits he says have been ‘unjustly’ withheld

PEI Manager compares the global operations of five different private equity firms, and discovers more than one way to conquer the world