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.
In the latest episode of the Spotlight podcast: lessons the UK can learn from other tax jurisdictions; why it’s unlikely professionals in the UK PE industry will leave en masse; and what 'capital at risk' may really mean.
Hazem Ben-Gacem, a three-decade veteran of the firm, will leave his role in November as the Gulf's biggest private equity firm reorganises its internal units.
Investors including Alaska Permanent, Caisse des Dépôts, Skandia, New York City Retirement Systems and TRS Texas share their views on how this market can be improved and how they are positioning themselves to take advantage of CVs.
Transfer agreements are seen as a $100,000 'copy & paste job' by some and 'complex legal contracts' that law firms are losing money on by others.
The hire will also help further the bank's advisory work in control deals, firm-level financings and NAV loans.
A recent report shows GPs may have developed tricks to downplay the underperformance of some assets, resurrecting the question of how much wiggle room is needed in valuation processes.
Institutional investors can no longer ignore the fact that exposure to high-quality assets is increasingly accessed via the secondaries market.
Debates on increasing tax on carried interest shouldn’t ignore the wider contribution private equity brings to economies.
Lower DPI ratios for LPs are playing out in the M&A market, swinging the pendulum towards buyers, co-head of Goldman Sachs Asset Management's private equity business Michael Bruun tells PEI.
The firm has increasingly been raising capital from separate mandates and from individual investors via evergreen products.