The $257bn collected by the 30 firms comprising our latest ranking of the secondaries market's biggest fundraisers could be small fry in years to come.
Offshore charitable trusts are commonly used, but difficult to navigate.
Industry heavyweights have highlighted the need to retain staff to help struggling businesses get back to full speed once economies reopen.
With some portfolio companies needing urgent financing support, private equity managers may once again consider adding debt operations – but it comes with challenges.
Helen Parsonage and Dan Faundez of law firm Osborne Clarke outline some practical tips should the situation arise.
Plunging asset values could cause a wipeout in carried interest for fund managers, pushing them to look for other means of funding commitment to future funds.
Single-asset secondaries deals can allow managers to realise the dream of holding prized assets for longer, but present novel challenges for LPs to evaluate, writes capital raiser Ed Stubbings.
The fund finance market is producing innovative solutions to the liquidity crisis, but they come with complexities.
Uncertainty over valuations, the denominator effect and LP defaults could be on the cards in the second half of a very unusual year for the private equity industry.
Perceived challenges in the debt markets this year and the uncertainty around the route back from covid-19 makes group deals a viable alternative, writes Mayer Brown's James West.