Adam Le
Adam Le is Senior Editor, EMEA, for PEI Group's private equity publications, overseeing the flow of global news and analysis for Private Equity International and Secondaries Investor. Based in London, Adam works closely with private equity-focused colleagues across PEI's offices in New York, London and Hong Kong. Prior to PEI, his roles included reporting on finance and technology for Bloomberg Japan.
Bridgepoint Development Capital IV's haul comes as private equity funds focusing on Western Europe seek almost $100bn in total.
The $257bn collected by the 30 firms comprising our latest ranking of the secondaries market's biggest fundraisers could be small fry in years to come.
Our largest-ever ranking shows the secondaries market is here to stay, and its biggest participants are ready to capitalise on post-covid opportunities.
Longshore Capital Partners will target control buyouts in the lower mid-market with a focus on founder-owned businesses in the business services sector.
Offshore charitable trusts are commonly used, but difficult to navigate.
Melior Equity Partners is understood to have received backing from Carlyle Group's founders.
OakNorth Bank has completed a revolving credit line with Bluegem Capital Partners, marking the lender's entry to the private equity fund finance market.
Alan Pardee, one of three managing partners who spun out of Merrill Lynch's private fund placement team in 2009, will leave the firm on Sunday.
EQT's television show-style annual investor meeting in June shows the coronavirus crisis has led to novel ways of staying in touch with LPs.
The Neuberger Berman unit’s management-fees securitisation this week shows GPs are coming up with novel ways to give liquidity.