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Even amid a wider dealflow drought, Germany’s mid-market is thriving. This comes as a result of relatively low PE penetration, fragmented industries and a new generation of ambitious managers.
An expanding pool of Japanese investors have conviction in high-risk distress – a significant development for the country’s LP base.
More GPs are welcoming smaller commitments from private wealth investors to initiate a long-term relationship.
Maintaining a high level of transparency within a business represents a value-add proposition in the current PE environment, say Apex Group’s Agnes Mazurek and Georges Archibald.
LPs consider a vast number of metrics, including transparency, exposure and co-investment opportunities, before determining whether a fundraise was successful.
Structural changes including socioeconomic tailwinds and rising exit values are proving more consequential for private equity appetites than China’s slowdown.
As the PE investor base becomes increasingly global and diverse, GPs and LPs are harnessing data to mine more investment strategy and portfolio performance insights, says State Street’s Jesse Cole.
The industry has been slow to adopt technology, but democratisation is rapidly driving change and is altering the way the industry operates, says Hamilton Lane’s Erik Hirsch.
The private markets onboarding process must continue to evolve in order to support private wealth investors as they seek access to the asset class, say IDR’s Tim Andrews and Mark Quigley.
In-state investment programmes have a long history, but are we are seeing a new movement of local investing among some LPs in the US and beyond?