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Collateralised fund obligations and rated feeder funds are set to become an integral part of the private markets ecosystem, write Evercore’s Ahmet Yetis, Raquel Clarke, Ned DiLisio and Chris Hope.
It’s not unusual for new products to come under scrutiny in their ‘growing up’ phase, but some concerns around NAV loans may be misplaced, write Samantha Hutchinson, Brian Foster and Mike Hubbard at Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft.
PEI recently caught up with Joseph Lombardo, head of private equity general partner advisory at Houlihan Lokey, to discuss why LPs appear to be warming to the fund of firms strategy.
Legal experts from Burges Salmon examine the economic, technical and tax considerations when establishing management incentive plans for private equity-backed companies.
Enabling the wider employee base to benefit from equity plans can drive business performance, but they must be carefully designed and clearly communicated, writes Clifford Chance's Sonia Gilbert.
Average MOIC and annual revenue and EBITDA growth for US small- and mid-cap deals have outperformed those for businesses at the larger end of the spectrum, says Andrea Auerbach at Cambridge Associates
Amid ongoing headwinds, a renewed focus on growth strategies and capital investment provides an opening for private equity dollars and expertise, says the National Center for the Middle Market's Doug Farren
African dealflow has defied a global slump, but selecting investments in the right sectors and geographies remains imperative, says African Infrastructure Investment Managers’ co-managing director Olusola Lawson.
From trailblazing dealmakers to asset gathering giants: The changing face of European private equity
Guy Hands, founder of Terra Firma, who stepped down from his post in July, shares lessons learned in his nearly 30 years of investing and warns of the decline of the dealmaker in favour of institutionalisation.
A focus on secondaries can deliver strong advantages for new open-end private equity funds, writes Nadim Vasanji, a managing director at Northleaf Capital Partners.