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Growth in separate accounts and retail evergreen products means the investment firm’s carry mix will change, its vice-chairman said on its latest earnings call.
The firm announced the acquisition of Investors Economic Assurance. It is the fund administrator’s third US-based acquisition in six months.
Todd Boudreau argues that ILPA’s model LPAs can give emerging managers an edge in a highly competitive market, helping to attract new relationships and reduce the costs and complexities of negotiation.
The organization hopes to spark debate with its new deal-by-deal model LPA, which incorporates recent changes to its whole-of-fund model LPA. Private Funds CFO spoke with some of the people who developed it ahead of the LPA’s release.
In light of the pandemic, private fund managers should analyze their portfolios for potential clawback obligations and plan how to mitigate them if they arise.
An anniversary date model can secure timely payments – and need not generate excessive complexity, writes Robert Hagmeier of EWM Global.
The right co-investment strategy helps keep team members motivated, writes the head of executive compensation at Investcorp, Dominic Elias.
Dividing the rewards in a way that keeps everyone happy is no easy task, writes private equity recruiter Gail McManus.
Seth Berger, chief financial officer at AEW Capital Management, on transitioning to an automated system for carry and co-invest plans.
Automation can minimize mistakes and optimize carry, while still leaving GPs in control of this vital calculation, say Riyaz Gadiwalla, Rebecca Symonds and Scott Pearson of EWM Global.