James Taylor
The Canadian pension system has topped the LP50 – PEI's exclusive new ranking of the world's most prolific private equity fund investors – after committing almost $4bn in a single 12-month period.
Altius Associates boss John Hess will focus on client management and corporate strategy as his three key lieutenants take over as joint-CEOs.
A new index may shed some more light on supply and demand in the secondary market.
Evoco’s restructuring of an ailing private equity portfolio (backed by independent secondary firm Headway Capital) illustrates one way that the industry can deal with its many dysfunctional funds.
Two new funds highlight European venture capital’s need to innovate in order to attract new sources of funding – and overcome the scepticism of institutional investors.
Never mind the royal baby. As we all know, there was only one birthday that mattered this July: the 25th anniversary of the Association of the Luxembourg Fund Industry.
First Round loves nothing better than to spend a Saturday night dressed up as Ziggy Stardust, belting out a rousing rendition of Eye of the Tiger before teaming up with Guy Hands for a touching duet of Endless Love.
One of the year’s oddest private equity stories emerged in the UK recently, with news that some unidentified miscreants have been attempting to finagle cash out of unwitting retail investors by pretending to be US behemoth Kohlberg Kravis Roberts.
Our hero reports on his summer holiday - aka a portfolio monitoring exercise - and delights in the fact that he gets to value his own deals.
LPs need to be pushing harder to realise value from venture funds that are 10-12 years old, a report suggests – which may be good news for secondaries players.