Private Equity

  • Launch PE funds secured lowest level since 2008

    Launch PE funds secured lowest level since 2008

    Twenty-five first-time funds achieved a final close in Q1 2014, securing an aggregate $5bn – the lowest quarterly amount in the period since 2008.

  • Buyout deals see uptick in value

    Buyout deals see uptick in value

    Private equity buyout firms have had their strongest year of deal making since before the global financial crisis.

  • 3i sells Bestinvest stake to Permira

    3i sells Bestinvest stake to Permira

    Private equity group 3i has sold its majority stake in UK wealth manager Bestinvest to Permira.

  • PE holdings boost Witan

    PE holdings boost Witan

    Witan Investment Trust beat its benchmark by 5.3% in the first half of the year, boosted by holdings in private equity and gearing into rising markets.

  • Where next for contrarian thinkers

    Where next for contrarian thinkers

    Markets may be on an upward path, but its rarer now than ever to meet a fund manager who doesn't claim to be a contrarian.

  • Returning to First Principles

    Returning to First Principles

    Charlotte Thorne, co-CI0 and co-founding partner at Captial Generation Partners looks at how best to use private equity investments as a portfolio diversifier.

  • Private real estate remains in the doldrums

    Private real estate remains in the doldrums

    Private real estate fundraising reached a ten-year low in the first quarter of 2013, as 20 funds closed raising just $5.2bn.

  • warning on alternatives as poor diversifiers

    warning on alternatives as poor diversifiers

    Alternative assets used as diversifiers may be damaging portfolios due to high correlation with other underlying assets, a report by Capital Generation Partners shows.

  • Aberdeen acquisitions focus on US firms

    Aberdeen acquisitions focus on US firms

    Aberdeen has made two acquisitions worth a combined £130m as part of its expansion in North America.

  • new transparency private equity investors

    new transparency private equity investors

    Investors and portfolio managers need greater transparency in the evaluation of their private equity portfolios. Paul DiBlasi explains how they can find it.

  • Private equity still feeling the pinch

    Private equity still feeling the pinch

    Global private equity investment fell 25% to £93bn in the first half of this year, according to UK financial services body TheCityUK.

  • private equity activity to pick up in 2012

    private equity activity to pick up in 2012

    With all macro factors being equal, Winterflood Investment Trusts predicts good things for private equity companies as we go through 2012.