Amid ongoing headwinds, a renewed focus on growth strategies and capital investment provides an opening for private equity dollars and expertise, says the National Center for the Middle Market's Doug Farren
Despite a strong 2022, PE firms still face significant hurdles in finding exit opportunities.
Renewable energy investments have traditionally been dominated by infrastructure funds, but private equity can also play a hand in the continent’s energy transition.
A confluence of factors is driving interest in infrastructure secondaries.
Generative artificial intelligence is being applied to private markets at breakneck speed. The biggest hurdle to applying these software tools to LP secondaries trades is the market’s lack of standardisation.
Deployment in PE halved year-on-year to $3bn in Q2 2023, while dry powder across strategies stood at $100bn, according to the firm's second-quarter earnings.
For many private company owners, 'covid took the wind out of their sails and the fun out of running their businesses. They are ready to move on'.
José Luis Molina, chief executive of the Madrid-headquartered asset manager, talks to Private Equity International off the back of its stake sale to Permira.
Buying assets is 'not as big of an issue' as exits, Blackstone's president and COO said on the firm's latest quarterly earnings call.
Some 508 private equity funds reached a final close globally in the first half, down 48% from 974 funds in H1 2022, according to PEI's H1 fundraising report.