As the industry hunkers down in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, we speak to GPs, LPs and others to discuss asset class resiliency, the impact on new firms and opportunity assessment.
Lawyers from Paul Weiss pinpoint the areas of a private equity firm operations that may need to be adjusted to account for the coronavirus outbreak, including fund documentation, valuation and banking relationships.
S&P Global Ratings expects ‘substantial disruption’ to sector revenue in the first half of 2020 in mainland China and Hong Kong.
Commitments for co-investments and SMAs outpaced capital raised for ECP IV due to the large cheque sizes Asian and Middle Eastern LPs contributed to the fund.
Managers should get ready for internationalisation, downward pressure on fees and bigger private capital allocations, should the current wave of mergers come to pass.
The European asset manager’s real assets, structured finance and hedge fund businesses will combine to form the new entity.
Speaking at a conference in Sydney, Mark Delaney highlighted the stronger-than-expected returns generated by infrastructure in comparison to bonds.
A statement from pensions with combined assets of nearly $2trn is a clear warning to sceptics.
Infra managers have long been in demand for the funds they manage; now, third-party investors also want a slice of the GP pie.
Flybe, whose fate was sealed in part due to the effects of coronavirus, carried about 90% of traffic at Southampton Airport, part-owned by MEIF 4.