Private Equity

LPs remain keen to allocate to PE even though the perceived risk to returns has risen materially, according to a survey by the secondaries firm.

Full disclosure and fairness opinions are the best ways to mitigate potential conflicts of interest in stapled deals.

Private equity assets under administration, a category that includes private debt, jumped 18% to $2.29trn in 2017.

The UK will lose its status as the second most attractive destination for private equity investors after Brexit, says a business school report.

The Swiss investor posted its largest ever fee income last year, but its performance fee pool was down by one-third despite overall performance fee growth.

Co-ordinating large subscription lines for mega-funds presents a unique set of challenges, write Debevoise & Plimpton’s Thomas Smith and Felix Paterson.

The results of an LP-led audit into the Abraaj Growth Markets Health Fund could have wide ramifications.

Alexandra Poe, a private funds partner in the corporate practice of Hughes, Hubbard & Reed in New York, tells pfm about how she ended up in private equity law and the best week of her life