Michael Baruch

The board raised concerns during last week's investment committee meeting about investments in the region in light of regulatory uncertainty.

Executives from firms including Blackstone, BC Partners and Battery Ventures participated in PEI's IR forum last week.

Covid-19 catch-up and high demand for quality assets lifted carried interest to a record 39% of revenue in the first half of the year.

Less than half of LPAs require co-investments to be on ‘substantially similar’ terms as the fund investment, according to asset management consultancy MJ Hudson.

GPs can be at the mercy of even the weakest connections to adherence to ESG standards – real or perceived.

A frenzied mid-market deal environment is affecting the way GPs are pursuing targets with shorter processes and more upfront spend on due diligence.

The notion that GPs must let go of assets within a specific period of time has been turned on its head.

Executives from Nordic Capital, Cebile Capital and The Lucas Group share how their firms navigated this unusual summer.

Jeff Hooke, senior finance lecturer at Johns Hopkins Carey Business School, says individual investors will get 'milked for fees' accessing PE.

More than one third of private equity's 50 biggest firms, including Blackstone, KKR and TPG, have used a transaction type that allows GPs to hold onto assets for longer.