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SEC-regulated entities can learn some lessons from the Reddit-linked short-squeeze and its fallout, write Troutman Pepper partners Stephanie Pindyck Costantino, Thao Le, Jay Dubow and Genna Garver.
Private equity legal teams are under pressure to optimise essential, but costly, external counsel budgets. Nicholas d’Adhemar, founder and CEO of Apperio, examines which PE firms are ahead, and whether fund size matters.
ESG has come a long way and it’s starting to show in financial performance, say NSSK’s CEO Jun Tsusaka, chief administrative officer Shohei Akiyama and ESG leader Kiyomi Matsuda.
Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s speech has allayed fears of a capital gains tax spike and laid out some intriguing initiatives for the industry, writes Tim Hames.
The UK Chancellor needs to think carefully before making major changes in the Budget writes Daniel Parry, managing director in the tax team at Alvarez and Marsal Taxand UK.
Digitalisation provided an operational advantage during the pandemic, and can be further harnessed to advance ESG, say Triton managing partners Peder Prahl and Martin Huth.
GPs are no longer spectators in secondaries transactions, which provides opportunities for investors, says Christiaan van der Kam, head of secondaries at the firm.
The deals are increasingly seen as an alternative to exit and will drive activity in Asia-Pacific say Greenhill’s Briac Houtteville and Lloyd Bradbury.
Innovation should drive the continued growth of the GP-led secondary market, write Evercore’s Nigel Dawn and Ryan Rohloff.
A positive selection bias, deep due diligence and strong alignment make GP-led secondaries an attractive proposition, say Portfolio Advisors managing directors Brian Mooney and Stephen Sloan.