All Private Equity articles – Page 2
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White papersPrivate Equity insight: The art of the exit
Developing a clear and bespoke exit strategy is both a science and an art, especially in a market where exits are gridlocked; where private equity holding periods are being extended; and where the disconnect between buyers’ and sellers’ valuations remain stubbornly wide.
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White papersIPM monthly blog – Edition September 2024: Our monthly insights into private markets
The last two years have been testing for real estate investors. But there are now numerous signs of recovery taking place in selected market areas. Transaction volumes are flattening and, in the UK, where valuations tend to be adjusted relatively quickly to transaction market data, investment volumes are already rising anew. The marginal improvement indicates that we have passed the bottom of this cycle in terms of investment volume.
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White papersComparing Evergreen and Traditional Fund Returns
As the landscape of private equity investing continues to evolve, evergreen funds have emerged as a compelling alternative to traditional funds.
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White papersThe rise of semi-liquid secondaries funds
The secondary market in private equity consists of transactions where investors buy and sell existing private equity fund interests. In the first half of 2024, the global secondaries market had an estimated volume of USD 68 billion, which represents a 58% increase on the previous year’s 1H volume of USD 43 billion. The market can be broadly categorized into two main segments: GP-led secondaries and LP-led secondaries.
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White papersBuyouts Keynote Interview: Private equity for all
In a keynote interview conducted by Buyouts, Peter von Lehe, Head of Investment Solutions and Strategy, discusses how the democratization of private equity is about expanding access to the asset class by solving the structural and operational barriers to investing.
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White papersThe love-hate relationship in private equity secondaries
Over the past two decades, the private equity secondaries market has transformed into one of the highest growth, and in our opinion most specialized, areas of alternative investments. From 2002 to 2023, global secondary market volume scaled from $2 billion to $114 billion in transaction value.
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White papersPrivate Equity Value Creation Series: Sustainable Investing Trends
Sustainable investing continues to prove a complex and multi-faceted topic. The number of regulatory requirements aimed at corporations and investors is massive and growing, often resulting in reporting fatigue. Impact management and measurement is an area gaining more concrete focus. And while still relatively nascent, social impacts (the “S” in ESG) are beginning to be more clearly articulated and systematically included in company sustainability frameworks.
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White papersTimberland’s expanding investable universe
Timberland earns a position in many institutional investors’ portfolios because of its portfolio-level benefits – a lack of correlation with capital markets, ability to hedge inflation, and steady income return. For some investors, portfolio decarbonization is an increasingly important portfolio benefit that also comes from an allocation to timberland.
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PodcastEmbracing the journey: PEI roundtable podcast on the secondaries market in the last decade
The global secondaries market has grown from roughly USD 47 billion in 2014 to more than USD 100 billion today as fund investors and fund managers alike have embraced the secondary market as a tool to actively manage their respective portfolios.
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White papersUncovering the Unobservable: Have Private Assets Outperformed Public Assets
CIOs struggle trying to compare the investment performance of liquid public assets vs. illiquid private assets, often a crucial first step in asset allocation decisions. For private assets, while it is known that reported returns are smoothed, many CIOs are unaware that reported performance also fails to incorporate many of the real-world constraints to achieve and maintain a private asset portfolio allocation.
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White papersEquity Market Outlook 3Q 2024
Financial headlines suggest that vigorous debate has returned to equity markets. In our 3Q Equity Market Outlook, we highlight key aspects of this shift and discuss what they might portend for markets over the next six to 12 months.
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White papersThe potential power of income to deliver long-term returns
After years in the wilderness, equity income is now arguably competing on a much more level playing field than it was in the past decade.
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White papersMeeting the capital challenge within impact growth equity
Private equity investors increasingly are seeking to make a positive impact with their investments. However, for the businesses involved, the reduction in availability of late-stage funding is proving a serious obstacle.
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White papersPrivate markets in the age of transparency
Having spent years demanding greater transparency from their GPs, many LPs lack the ability to interpret and act on the large volumes of data they receive. S&P Global Market Intelligence’s Chris Sparenberg explains how LPs can turn the data deluge into actionable insights.
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White papersPrivate Equity and the Polls
Have U.S. elections had any effect on private equity performance?
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White papersA Paradigm Shift: Infrastructure Equity 2.0
Historically viewed as a yield-oriented and inflation-protected (but lower returning) asset class, infrastructure equity is transitioning to assets that could drive alpha in an investor’s portfolio.
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White papersIPM monthly blog – Edition June 2024: Our monthly insights into private markets
Commencement of interest rate cuts to support market
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White papersBuyouts Keynote Interview: Motivated Sellers Create Buyers’ Market
In a keynote interview conducted by Buyouts, Tristram Perkins, Ben Perl, and Victor Ko discuss how liquidity challenges seem to be fueling secondaries dealflow, presenting compelling opportunities for buyers.
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VideoNeuberger Berman Private Markets: Q1 2024 Preliminary Valuation Summary & Analysis
Doug Manor, Managing Director, Neuberger Berman Private Markets, provides an overview of private equity markets and an outlook based on trends in the marketplace.
