Investor Commitments

LPs in Abraaj's sixth global flagship and certain regional funds have been asked to cover credit line payments.

Head of global private investment research Andrea Auerbach discusses a market in which fees are becoming harder to track and GPs are on the front foot, in this in-depth 25-minute video interview.

Watch the short (2-minute) clip or full-length (25-minute) interview with Cambridge Associates’ Andrea Auerbach on due diligence, fundraising and PE after Abraaj.

Cambridge Associates’ head of private markets Andrea Auerbach makes it her business to know all about your business – including whether your best dealmakers are heading for the exit.

Fundraising in the continent has seen better days as investors look for strategies with more transparency than traditional private equity fund structures.

On Tuesday, the $24bn sovereign wealth fund will vote on a subscription to a portfolio management service to aid due diligence and portfolio monitoring across private equity, real return and real estate.

Retail demand for alternatives has promise but the options for GPs hoping to access a new pool of capital remain limited.

One investor said the original rate was ‘just not a standard hurdle’.

Investment portfolios will be less segmented.

The fundamental building block of the relationship between a manager and its investors is changing, but how is it best negotiated?