Madeleine Farman
Madeleine Farman is a senior reporter for PEI Group’s Private Equity International and Secondaries Investor titles, based in London. Prior to joining PEI, she had covered private equity, private capital and advisers associated with the industry for other newsrooms and publications since 2016. Originally from New Zealand, Madeleine began her career in radio in Auckland.
Even amid today’s rocky macro environment, the industry’s biggest fundraisers continue to pull in more capital
Some sponsors are still able to drive aggressive terms in GP-led deals, though perhaps not for much longer.
A combination of record deployment by PE managers and slower exit activity is creating a need for liquidity among LPs, according to Lazard.
The former co-head of the SEC’s Private Funds Unit and managing partner of regulatory consultancy firm Iron Road Partners details where GPs should be spending their time.
With the launch of S3, Apollo becomes 'much more of a one-stop relationship' for GPs, says co-president Scott Kleinman.
The double fundraise comes less than two years after the close of Waterland Private Equity Fund VIII, which closed on its €2.5bn hard-cap.
Executives from AnaCap Financial Partners, Lovell Minnick Partners and Pollen Street Capital share their advice on how to invest as central banks continue to hike up interest rates with PEI.
The firm expects to see a final close on EQT X in 2023, COO Caspar Callerstrom said on EQT's Q2 earnings call.
Layton continued to head up Partners Group’s private equity business after being made co-chief executive in 2018 and sole CEO of the firm in 2021.
LPs have been asking must-have GPs to keep their funds open into the new year, eating into allocations for those planning a return to market in 2023.