Lee Equity sets sights on a new fund in 2018
Lee Equity Partners plans to raise its next fund in 2018, the firm’s founder, Thomas H. [...]
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LPs in first-time funds seek size caps on Fund II
Limited partners who make significant commitments to managers of first-time funds are asking for size [...]
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LA City extends Portfolio Advisors, prepares timeline for new RFP
Los Angeles City Employees’ Retirement System formally extended its contract with private equity consultant Portfolio [...]
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Pension Bridge: LPs, GPs wary as PE market nears, breaks records
Private equity firms and their investors are readying their portfolio companies and investment programs for [...]
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Emerging managers should emphasize team when fundraising; gird for uphill climb
Are emerging managers in tune with potential backers when it comes to anticipating what factors [...]
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Coslet: TPG caps capital-call lines at nine months
TPG caps its capital-call facilities at nine months, well short of the two- and three-year [...]
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BHMS, formed by Morgan Stanley, KKR executives, nears final close on debut
BHMS Investments, launched by former Morgan Stanley and KKR executives, hired Jason Perlroth from Sutton Place [...]
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Iowa sees pushback on adoption of ILPA template for PE fees, expenses
Less than a third of the private equity funds in Iowa Public Employees’ Retirement System’s [...]
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PE firms like TPG find fertile M&A ground in VC-backed tech companies
TPG’s recent deal for ed-tech startup EverFi reflects an emerging trend that one partner says the firm [...]
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Insight is said to seek buyer for eVestment
The auction of eVestment, the data company backed by Insight Venture Partners, has moved into [...]
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LPs turn opportunistic, sell younger-vintage funds on secondary market
More limited partners are selling portfolios that include young funds — those raised within the past [...]
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Q2 exits: American Securities headlines with selloff of Metaldyne
Private equity exit activity in the U.S. picked up in the second quarter. Overall, U.S.-based [...]
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Market at a glance – Huge Apollo fund fuels red-hot fundraising
U.S.-based buyout and mezzanine fundraising hit a massive swell as Q2 wrapped up. Over the past [...]
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Chart of the Week: Many LPs skip funds because of terms
The power balance between LPs and GPs in private equity swings back and forth like [...]
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Q2 Fundraising: LPs pour into the megas as U.S fundraising hits $82 bln
U.S. private equity raised $85 billion in the second quarter, a 67 percent surge that puts [...]
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Five Questions With Madison Capital’s Adam Willis
Adam Willis serves as a managing director at Madison Capital Funding, where he heads up [...]
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Chart of the Week: Fees present largest area for improvement to LPs
Some things never change. LP frustration about fees is the perennial complaint in private equity. [...]
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Back to School: On fundraising side, PE parties like it’s 2007
Fueled by public pensions facing shortfalls, private equity funds are amassing capital at pre-recession levels, [...]
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