Toby Mitchenall
In a world where financial investors are hungry for GP minority stakes, why would a firm pursue a public listing?
The wave of automation that is just starting to hit private equity portfolios needs to be thought-through from an ESG standpoint, delegates at the Operating Partners Forum: Europe were warned on Tuesday.
Private fund CFOs: if you haven’t been tasked with creating a more diverse workforce, you probably will be.
The shortcomings of available performance data are making public market equivalents a more attractive benchmark.
There is no lack of enthusiasm for impact investing, but a lack of definition risks undermining progress.
GPs may be reluctant to think about diversity in their own teams; at some point they will not have a choice.
There is no lack of enthusiasm for impact investing, but a lack of definition risks undermining progress.
For all the debate it provokes, the conventional hurdle rate has remained stubbornly untouched since the ’80s.
The hurdle rate is facing downward pressure; investors might just let it slide.
KKR’s poaching of CLSA’s head of real estate has implications for private fund managers of all asset classes, finds Toby Mitchenall.