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The Berlin fintech last month snapped up Winson Ng, former head of UBS Wealth Management’s PE team, and Sweta Chattopadhyay, former head of PE at bfinance.

With the news last week of Dyal Capital Partners' merger with Owl Rock Capital and possible listing, PEI looks at which GP stakes firms have been on the acquisition trail.

The initiative has 46 founding signatories, including Blackstone, The Carlyle Group and Teacher Retirement System of Texas.

Nearly one-third of LPs also plan to remedy liquidity shortfalls by selling assets or taking on new credit facilities, according to the latest Coller Barometer.

The number of funds coming to market openly offering discounts for early bird commitments or big ticket sizes is dropping, according to research seen exclusively by Private Equity International.

Some Indian business owners have become more receptive to private equity capital during the pandemic, Neeraj Bharadwaj, a Mumbai-based MD at Carlyle, told PEI.

Atypical Partner, an emerging manager platform launched by Mauro Moretti, will invest up to €50m in mid-market GPs.

Private equity deal values in Asia-Pacific have doubled this year with a number of large transactions, according to data from EY.

The investment firm's chief executive discusses investment pacing, potential expansion and how US-Sino relations might impact Chinese PE.

Chinese businesses that might previously have sought an IPO in the US may consider going public at home, Yang Xiang-Dong tells PEI.