LPs are increasingly seeking out specialists when investing in the challenging consumer sector.
Private equity will be at the heart of Apollo's push to hit $1.5 trillion of AUM in the next five years. Plus: Barclays Private Bank says evergreen funds are driving wealth inflows; and Moonfare is offering individuals direct access to the asset class. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.
Asia-Pacific family offices have a greater appetite for direct investments than funds, according to research from Raffles Family Office and Deloitte.
Bart van Dijk joins from global compliance firm CSC and is the industry body's first regional head outside North America.
Our latest Deep Dive explores how LPs are increasingly trying to get to the bottom of how distributed to paid-in ratios are generated. Plus: continuation funds' moment of truth; and Pluralsight latest. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.
Continuation funds, NAV loans, dividend recaps and other tools have muddied the waters when it comes to investors ascertaining how distributed to paid-in ratios are generated.
The system floated a plan to invest $250m to emerging private equity managers over the next five years.
Some curtailment of the scope of direct investing, and the reintroduction of fund investing, mark a fundamental shift from the past practice of an innovative Canadian institution.
The US's second-largest public pension is streamlining its approach to secondaries deals. Plus: why fundless sponsors could be on the rise; and some fund close news. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.
A lawsuit claiming racial discrimination for investment programmes for underrepresented entrepreneurs could dissuade would-be investors from funds with racial mandates.