Commentary

Thought leadership from the private equity industry’s leading voices including legal experts, industry veterans, asset class specialists and academics.

Intelligent portfolio construction can create outperformance and simultaneously mitigate risk over multiple market cycles, say Capital Dynamics’ David Smith and Oliver Schumann
The firm has just raised $26bn; would it be able to invest it if market conditions change?
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There is more to it than fee cuts and growth stories, warn experts at our co-investing roundtable.
growth
Our latest ranking of the secondaries market’s biggest fundraisers shows the big are getting bigger while niche firms make their mark.
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Michael Slane, co-head of Investec's European Funds group, discusses the heightened need for FX hedging and how private funds can do it without breaking the bank.
granite rock
The European private equity stalwart picked Blackstone as a minority shareholder also for the soft benefits that it brings.
Can the US manager, its fundraising muscles flexed, establish itself in infra the way it has in other asset classes?
Latham & Watkins partners Eli Katz and Omar Nazif note that as private equity funds increasingly target renewable energy assets, they will need a strong grasp of the financing structures as well as the opportunities.
LIBOR has underpinned financial products for decades. But it could be phased out in less than three years, with huge implications for private debt lenders.
alternative way
Experts from PwC outline why this form of lending is an attractive financing option for mid-market leveraged buyouts.
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