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Frustrated LPs await new guidance on GP-led secondaries

The Institutional Limited Partners Association (ILPA) is looking to assuage LP frustrations through a guidance report, with proposed SEC regulations in the background, as the relationship between some GPs and their LPs grows increasingly strained…

Canadian VC market has strongest quarter on record

Venture capital activity in Canada hit an all-time record high in the first quarter, with $3.5 billion in investment across 213 deals, up from $3 billion (across 276 deals) in the year-earlier quarter, according to the latest KPMG Private Enterprise Venture Pulse Q1 2022 report. Canadian start-ups in particular raised

PE activity remains robust despite softening in Q1, says EY

PE activity softened in the first three months of 2022 but remains robust, according to EY Private Equity’s Q1 PE Pulse report. The report recaps Q1 2022 private equity activity following a record year of dealmaking and amidst market volatility and geopolitical tension.  PE firms announced deals valued at $221

In conversation

Second Thoughts: Two GPs in conversation

Q&A with Nash Waterman, head of private equity secondaries, Morgan Stanley Investment Management, and Petra Bukovec, partner, Pantheon’s Global Secondaries Team…

Deal agreed

How GP-leds will approach a cautious buyer’s market in 2022

Secondary assets being brought to market this year will require industrial strength and value creation potential, as infrastructure, VC and mid-market GPs plan to bring opportunities to market… In stark contrast to private equity’s buyout market over the past decade, GP-led secondaries are often characterised by too many deals chasing

Holding the trophy

Why private equity funds are not letting go

Since the pandemic, GPs have been holding onto their trophy assets for longer. A jump in single-asset continuation vehicles is opening up buy-side opportunities for funds and investors…

Clean Tech

PE investment in US clean tech rose to over $27 billion in 2021, says new report

The American Investment Council and PitchBook have released a new report today highlighting how the private equity industry is expanding its clean technology footprint. Private equity investment in clean technology surged to over $27 billion in 2021, up from roughly $20 billion in 2020. Private equity firms have invested almost

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