Toby Mitchenall, Author at Infrastructure Investor

Toby Mitchenall is the Senior Editor for private equity at PEI Media. He is responsible for and regular contributor to the private equity coverage across Private Equity International, Secondaries Investor and private funds management and is based in PEI’s London office. Toby was previously a consultant advising private equity firms on marketing and public relations.

Why the hurdle rate needs a revamp

News & Analysis Toby Mitchenall - 5 September 2018

For all the debate it provokes, the conventional hurdle rate has remained stubbornly untouched since the ’80s.

Why LPs don’t stress when GPs mess with the pref

News & Analysis Toby Mitchenall - 9 August 2018

The hurdle rate is facing downward pressure; investors might just let it slide.

A key-man conundrum

Toby Mitchenall - 13 July 2018

KKR’s poaching of CLSA’s head of real estate has implications for private fund managers of all asset classes, finds Toby Mitchenall.

The elephant in the responsible investment room

News & Analysis Toby Mitchenall - 12 July 2018

Tax is not on the ESG agenda; maybe it should be

USS staffs up to hunt for direct investments

News & Analysis Toby Mitchenall - 16 October 2017

The £60bn UK pension fund believes it can deliver 'superior after-cost risk-adjusted returns’ by going direct.

Proprietary deal flow is ‘overrated’

Fundraising Toby Mitchenall - 24 April 2017

LPs ‘love to focus on it’, but uncompeted deal processes do not lead to better returns, say dealmakers.

Abraaj nears $1bn target for healthcare fund

Fundraising Toby Mitchenall - 8 November 2016

A final close is understood to be just weeks away on the firm's first sector-focused fund.

Meketa hires former Greenpark CIO

Fundraising Toby Mitchenall - 4 November 2016

Daniel Green, a veteran secondaries investor, has taken on a broader remit that will cover primaries and secondaries across various private markets.

BVCA Summit: UK prioritises infra spending, low taxes

Fundraising Toby Mitchenall - 7 October 2016

The Chief Secretary to the UK Treasury David Gauke praised the work of the private equity industry in an address to LPs and GPs in London on Thursday.