For borrowers and their sponsors, SLLs are a direct way of ensuring ESG integration is a lever for financial value.
A novel marketing campaign in Japan underscores the growing recognition that PE’s historic aversion to the spotlight will no longer cut the mustard.
Female representation in the private equity industry is growing, though the journey towards parity is ongoing.
Reputational risk and a lack of fund opportunities are just two of the blockades investors must be equipped for.
Fees in private equity can be complex and complicated, and LPs are right to verify charges with their managers.
Reinvigorating capital markets with a lower reporting burden for listed companies could in turn help unblock private equity’s clogged exit pipeline.
The UK government expects to work more closely with the PE industry as the gap between its desire for growth and ability to spur it has widened.
Investment woes in a far flung market reiterate the pressure on GPs to showcase their diligence credentials at a time when many LPs have less tolerance for risk.
Private equity managers are flocking to the secondaries market, but success in buyouts doesn’t automatically guarantee an easy ride.
There can be as many as three layers of fees in structures that give 401(k) participants exposure to private investments.