The financial and second-order benefits to LPs and GPs appear to outweigh any concerns over the sheer volume of co-investment capital available to sponsors.
Some large LPs have already started to tweak their investment focus to align with the priorities of the Republican administration.
Buying the market – via a low-cost strategy – is starting to look surprisingly attractive for certain investors.
Determining how profit sharing will qualify for carried interest tax treatment in the UK from 2026 will be a complex matter.
The winners in each category will now be decided by the same judging panel of Private Equity International editors that produced the shortlists.
The market forces that have propelled climate funds to the top of LP wish lists look set to continue.
The treatment of co-investments in continuation vehicles could provide guidance on how things may play out when PE-backed portfolio companies with a broad-based employee stock ownership plan are rolled into a CV.
There are multiple ways an LP can avoid having to take the last resort route of suing a GP over return of paid-out carry.
The US’s largest public pension is right to want to better align itself with managers to access the highest-quality assets.
NAV loans for LP distributions were a hot topic – some might say even a spicy one – at an industry gathering in Paris this week.