LPs
BVCA summit: fund financing boom necessitates tailoring
Market participants discuss IRR-enhancing tactics, emergency liquidity and negotiations with LPs
Insights from the BVCA summit: PE open for business
On general themes, such as fundraising, market participants were positive about the future of the market
Aberdeen Standard Investments hires ESG-focused director
Alexis Crusey joins ASI after seven years at impact manager LeapFrog Investments
Co-investment: get out or double down?
While some LPs could be overexposed to troubled sectors, others could up their game and deploy into opportunities arising mid-cycle
LGPS hires Ian Brown as head of private markets
Ian Brown was previously head of the leveraged finance execution team at UBS
Aberdeen Standard appoints Redman as head of private markets
Redman will be supported by Neil Slater in his capacity as deputy head of private markets
Video: DealCloud's Matthew Hardcastle on PE's tech revolution
In the first instalment of Unquote's Out-of-Office series, Hardcastle discusses how technology could help attract and retain more diverse talent
EQ Asset Management eager to deploy following double fund close
EQ says it has completed five acquisitions through its secondaries fund since the outbreak of Covid-19
Pantheon promotes Barr to head of IR for EMEA
Responsibilities will include leadership of the distribution relationships in France, Italy, the Middle East and Spain1
How the crisis could affect fund T&Cs
In a tough funrdriasing and deal market, GPs will be looking for all the incentives they can possibly provide
Aberdeen Standard hires Cinven's Robinson
Robinson joins from his position as principal at Cinven, where he acted as a non-executive director
PE secondaries volume cut by more than half in H1 - survey
Private debt fund secondaries were hit even harder with an 81.8% plunge, Setter says
LP platform Titanbay launches
Titanbay has a 1% set up fee for clients and a 0.5% annual maintenance fee
LP Profile: CPP Investments
Unquote picks out key takeaways from CPPI’s latest annual report, and hears from head of PE funds Delaney Brown about the Canadian LP's strategy
CPP Investments appoints SNCF's Pepy as senior adviser
Pepy joined SNCF in 1993 and served as chair and CEO from 2008 to 2019
PA SERS appoints Seth Kelly as new CIO
Kelly joins from the Missouri State Employees Retirement System, where he was also CIO
OTPP appoints Frank as senior managing director
Karen Frank will lead the LP's private capital and "high-conviction equities" teams
Video: Cambridge Associates’ Marcandalli on impact investing moving centre stage
In a new instalment of Unquote's Lockdown series, Annachiara Marcandalli explains why it is unlikely that coronavirus will sideline impact investing
Reputational risk, early secondaries help assuage LP default fears
GPs that recently raised are the ones potentially more at risk, but market sources agree widespread defaults would be far-fetched
Vast majority of LPs satisfied with GP transparency – survey
Coller Capital's PE Barometer also reported LP concerns about forward-looking EBITDA add-backs
Third of LPs put fund commitments on hold – survey
Brackendale Consulting survey also revealed that 62% would commit to a fund without a personal visit
BBB appoints Lewis La Torre as interim CEO
In October 2019, Keith Morgan announced that he would be standing down from the role of CEO
Video: CPPIB's Delaney Brown on improved LP/GP relations
In the fourth of Unquote's Lockdown series, Delaney Brown, managing director of CPPIB, discusses improved GP/LP relations since lockdown began
Cambridge Associates opens Munich office
Office will be led by Alex Koriath, head of European pension practice and regional head for Germany
