By Elizabeth Pfeuti – With great power comes great responsibility, and in 2019, institutional investors, who collectively oversee tens of trillions of dollars, are becoming alert to what their fiscal might can do. In May, Europe’s second largest pension investor PGGM announced it had asked its private equity team to
Cohere Capital, a growth focused private equity firm seeking to invest in leading middle market businesses in the United States and Canada, has launched. The firm has a flexible mandate across growth markets, but will primarily target majority stakes in profitable technology-enabled business and healthcare services companies. Cohere Capital was
In a recent 2019 PE Outlook Report produced by Private Equity Wire, Andrew Bentley, Partner at Campbell Lutyens, a leading global placement agent in private markets, made the following comment when asked how he viewed the fundraising environment for 2019: “We expect most capital will be applied to servicing re-up requests
The rising trend of private capital investment is being well serviced in Guernsey due to the island’s flexibility to meet investors’ sophisticated requirements, sector experts agreed at the 2019 Guernsey Funds Forum. In the decade following the global financial crisis, private wealth has doubled in nominal terms, and private capital
Grant Avenue Capital, a new healthcare focused private equity firm, is pursuing investments in mid-sized companies centred on themes of cost containment, custom solutions, consumerism and compliance. The New York City-based firm is led by Buddy Gumina, who most recently served as senior equity partner of the global healthcare team
After a bustling 2018, Q1 European PE deal activity softened, but several GPs seized opportunities to take companies private in the lower-priced public equity environment, according to the latest edition of PitchBook’s European PE Breakdown report. As well as highlighting a significant increase in software buyouts during the quarter’s, which
A new Seyfarth Shaw survey suggests that 2019 will continue to be a seller-friendly environment for middle-market M&A deal activity, with more deal participants using representation and warranty insurance policies. “We are cautiously optimistic that 2019 will be another good year for middle-market M&A activity,” says Andrew Lucano (pictured), Partner
No matter who you talk to, global private equity has enjoyed a period of enormous growth in the last few years and, in Luxembourg, this has proven to be a key factor as it has looked to drive interest, globally, in regulated private equity funds. As the Association of the
The last two years have been a boon for global private equity managers. In 2017, total net new assets reached USD552 billion according to Preqin, and although slightly down in 2018, the asset class still attracted USD426 billion. With close to USD1 trillion in net inflows, it seems investors can’t
There’s plenty of appetite among investors to consider the next generation of PE managers, some of whom are spinning out of existing shops with bags of experience but little chance of making partner because of a lack of succession planning. This new wave of talent faces a significant challenge, naturally,
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