Performance

Concerns over market conditions are prompting investors to seek relative safety, but there are dangers in following the crowd, writes Private Debt Investor senior editor Andy Thomson.

Some investors are in favour of reducing the frequency of capital drawdowns, but many are concerned about the risks of extending loan periods.

Private equity performance for the Canadian pension, which had C$59bn in the asset class at 31 March, was boosted by higher returns in the domestic and foreign developed market segments.

A strong year of exits was led by the refinancing of discount retailer Action which delivered a multiple of more than 20x.

Drivers include increasing competition and record high dry powder, according to a report by the Swiss bank obtained by PEI.

In the week that it cemented its position as the preeminent technology-focused private equity investor, we revisit a 2010 conversation with co-founder Jim Davidson charting the firm’s meteoric early rise.

Nearly eight in 10 limited partners and consultants recalculate fund managers’ track records during due diligence, according to a new survey.

The pension plan expects that the mining process, which begun in August and is being overseen by an external auditor, will be completed by June.

The firm's overall revenues grew by more than €325m in 2016 but it forecasts below average private equity returns in 2017.

The Canadian pension fund successfully sold several portfolio companies to private equity firms last year.