Trends & Research

Investors are waking up to the appeal of long-life fund structures, a report has found.

Private equity firms are making fewer but larger investments and mainly in the consumer services and retail, according to data from Australian private equity association.

What are the greatest private equity funds of all time? PEI is pleased to present the HEC Private Equity Value Creation Hall of Fame and reveal its first entrant.

Private equity funds posted a 13.6% pooled IRR over the past three years, significantly outperforming listed equity benchmarks.

Clearer free structures are more important for LPs than a reduction in fees, research from State Street has revealed.

Research from TorreyCove shows a ‘tenuous link’ between fund size and performance.

Increased regulation, growing pressure from LPs, technology...here's a look at the most important changes chief financial officers have seen over the past two decades.

Top talent being enticed away by tech unicorns is pushing up salaries in private equity, says search firm Heidrick & Struggles.

The 500 largest fund managers held $2.5trn of alternative AUM at the end of last year, up 5% from 2015, according to the P&I/Willis Towers Watson global 500.

Demand for mid-market leverage included covenant-lite issuance reaching $3.8bn in Q3, almost overtaking the $4bn loaned in 2016.