The vast majority of private equity investors (83 per cent) feel that compliance management is one of the most important operational factors when evaluating private equity funds, according to a new survey by Corgentum Consulting, a provider of operational due diligence reviews and background investigations. Similarly, 79 per cent of
Investors plan to stay the course with private equity, despite expectations for flat or negative returns from public equity in the US. That’s according to a new Endowments and Foundations Survey from NEPC, looking at how endowments and foundations view private equity relative to other asset classes, the strength of the
GP-led private equity transactions are broadly harmful to the interests of limited partners, according to a new report from London-based secondaries adviser PEFOX. The research paper provides a critical examination of these new structures and considers the impact of fines by the SEC against GPs for abuses; complaints by multiple
Larger private equity LPs receive more information from GPs, according to new global survey of private equity reporting practices carried out by eFront. The survey also reveals that best practice in PE reporting is correlated with better performing funds. ‘Mind the Gap: a global survey of private equity reporting practices’
London-based asset management consultancy, MJ Hudson, has acquired Amaces, a data and analytics firm, which provides tools and consulting services to help institutional investors benchmark and monitor the cost and quality of the investor services they receive from their custodian banks. The firm also provides innovative tools and related
European governments are involved in almost half of all venture capital investments for entrepreneurs, according to new research from emlyon business school. The researchers, Yan Alperovych and Anita Quas, Professors in Finance at emlyon business school, and their colleague from Ghent University, wanted to gain a panoramic view of the
Some USD200 billion will be invested into Healthcare Infrastructure over the next five years, according to a new report published by Octopus Group based on a global survey of institutional investors. The investment opportunity is driven by the current shortage of good quality housing to suit later life which is
The majority of LPs (76 per cent) plan to increase or maintain their allocation to African PE over the next three years, with over half of respondents (53 per cent) anticipating increasing their allocation to the continent, contrasted with 49 per cent for other emerging and frontier markets. That’s according
By Gareth Davies, Augentius – For the private equity industry, transparency has become the watchword: everyone wants more granular data, more often. For a number of years demands from investors have called for a deeper understanding of valuations and the reasoning behind them. It is an age-old challenge for LP-GP relationships,
According to the Monterey Fund Report 2018, Mourant has once again maintained its leading position as the go-to legal adviser in Jersey’s funds industry, advising on over 46 per cent of all funds by market share of assets. The firm, which has held the dominant position in Jersey for 19
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