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LPs remain keen to allocate to PE even though the perceived risk to returns has risen materially, according to a survey by the secondaries firm.
Full disclosure and fairness opinions are the best ways to mitigate potential conflicts of interest in stapled deals.
Private equity assets under administration, a category that includes private debt, jumped 18% to $2.29trn in 2017.
The UK will lose its status as the second most attractive destination for private equity investors after Brexit, says a business school report.
The Swiss investor posted its largest ever fee income last year, but its performance fee pool was down by one-third despite overall performance fee growth.
It is important to focus on the material environmental, social and governance factors but disclosures must also be appropriate to maximise value, says sustainability consultant ERM.
Co-ordinating large subscription lines for mega-funds presents a unique set of challenges, write Debevoise & Plimpton’s Thomas Smith and Felix Paterson.
The results of an LP-led audit into the Abraaj Growth Markets Health Fund could have wide ramifications.
Finance chiefs these days have to be experts in everything from compliance to technology, as private funds CFO Andrew Sutton tells EisnerAmper’s Peter Cogan and Patterson Chiweshe.
Alexandra Poe, a private funds partner in the corporate practice of Hughes, Hubbard & Reed in New York, tells pfm about how she ended up in private equity law and the best week of her life