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EU FSR could impact PE fundraising with potential rise in ‘clean funds’
FSR could lead GPs to create funds without foreign LPs; red tape around sovereign wealth funds likely
Golding adds insurance expertise with hire for institutional clients team
Tim Ickenroth joins as director with prior experience at BNP Paribas and UniCredit
Unquote Private Equity Podcast: PE perspectives from Berlin
Unquote’s Min Ho and Rachel Lewis digest the key takeaways from this year’s SupeReturn
EU Foreign Subsidies rules hold specific challenges for PE
Sovereign wealth funds and pension funds commitments may trigger EC attention under new EU foreign subsidies regulation
European LPs bullish on 2024 PE fund vintages – Coller Capital
LPs remain positive on PE but are considering increasing infra and private credit allocations, latest survey shows
Golding opens office in Milan and appoints new head of Italy
Former managing director Laura Tardino will lead asset manager’s expansion in Southern Europe
LP Profile: Lennertz & Co gears up for new tech impact venture fund-of-funds
German family office’s new strategy is set to launch this year with a EUR 50m-EUR 100m target
Unquote Private Equity Podcast: Taking the plunge - GPs dive into alternative pools of capital
The Unquote team is joined by Thomas Eskebæk, CEO of private markets platform Titanbay, to discuss private markets’ search for alternative sources of commitments
Pantheon bullish on consolidation opportunities with fresh USD 2.4bn co-investment vehicle
Taking a cautious approach to valuation expectations, the sponsor is deploying its latest fund across small-, mid-cap and growth opportunities
Half of LPs allocating to impact from generalist pool as market matures – Rede Partners
Jeremy Smith and Kristina Widegren speak to Unquote about key takeaways from the private capital adviser’s Private Markets Sustainability and Impact Report
Unquote Private Equity Podcast: What’s next for ESG – Fedrigoni case study
Harriet Matthews is joined by colleague William Cain to discuss ESG investing amid macro clouds and interviews Bain’s Ivano Sessa about the sustainability strategy for one of the sponsor's portfolio companies
Clean capital: record impact fundraising creates pools of do-good money
Impact vehicles raised EUR 8.5bn last year, but 2023 is off to slow start with just two funds closed
Women in PE: Schroders Capital’s Lukas on impact investment and supporting GPs through fundraising woes
Tanja Lukas speaks to Unquote about priorities for the asset manager’s private equity strategy
Unquote Private Equity Podcast: Après IPEM and the road ahead
Harriet Matthews and Min Ho share what they gleaned from the conference in Cannes and what this means for investment and fundraising outlooks
IPEM 2023: GPs battle fundraising blues on the Côte d'Azur
Sponsors remain broadly optimistic despite fundraise bottlenecks and a growing number of LPs faced with tough choices on manager selection
Flight to quality, impact investing to drive allocations in 2023 – HarbourVest
Asset manager’s investment team discusses secondaries and co-investment dynamics amid a challenging fundraising market
Bellevue hires ex-Partners Group trio for new secondaries strategy
Switzerland-based asset manager plans to launch first secondaries vehicle in 2023
Golding closes buyout co-investment fund on EUR 273m
With 18 deals already in the new fund's portfolio, GP plans successor vehicle for next year
Large LPs among most concerned about denominator effect – Coller Capital
As the stock market slump slows down their PE commitments, LPs are set to increase use of the secondaries market to balance allocations
LP Profile: Stonehage Fleming anticipates largest ever PE programme in 2023
Multi-family office talks about doubling down on manager selectivity, opportunities in secondaries, and family offices' increasing interest in PE
Haul of large funds closings in Q1 2023 clouds new managers outlook – conference
Good news is drop in valuations could feed good vintages in the coming years, participants at SuperInvestor tell Unquote
Fundraising power balance shifts to LPs – panel
Panellists at SuperInvestor conference in Amsterdam discuss how GPs can grab LPs’ attention in a challenging market
Alantra-backed 33N aims for Q1 close for EUR 150m cybersecurity fund
Debut manager will deploy tickets of EUR 10m across 14 venture capital investments
BVCA Summit: PEs take long-term view to ride out uncertainty
Unquote reports on discussions around ESG, continuation funds and PE democratisation at last week’s event