LPs
European GPs get top ESG marks, but diversity remains sore point - survey
Only 23% of Aberdeen Standard Investments' GPs have clear diversity targets in their portfolio companies
Ardian buys LP interest in Bregal Freshstream
Freshstream I is a fund established in 2015 with €600m in commitments, and targets mid-market companies
Majority of LPs happy to commit without in-person meeting – survey
Cebile Capital survey finds that 51% of respondents expect to increase PE commitments in 2021
Q&A: 17Capital's Thomas Doyle
"We see no ceiling for the adoption of NAV-based financing as a standard tool for portfolio management"
LP Profile: IMCO
Managing director Craig Ferguson discusses accelerated deployment activity during the pandemic and plans to scale up the PE allocation by 2025
Pantheon promotes four to partner
Petra Bukovec is a member of Pantheon's secondaries team and is based in London
Flexstone promotes three to managing director
Caroline Gibert joined Flexstone in 2014, while David Marcus and Zélie Saint-Zéby joined in 2011
Cambridge Associates hires Amatulli
Amatulli joins from Younited Credit, where she was responsible for Italian Capital Markets
29% of LPs have decreased interest in emerging managers – survey
Placement agent Eaton Partners’ latest LP Pulse Survey collected responses from 61 LPs globally
Ontario Teachers' hires Nick Jansa from Deutsche Bank
Jansa joins from Deutsche Bank, where he spent more than 24 years
Unquote Private Equity Podcast: UK & Ireland 2020 Review
Early figures highlight how a 2008-style meltdown was averted in 2020, both in terms of deal-doing and fundraising
Video: arduous road for emerging managers, says British Patient Capital's Connatty
Ian Connatty, head of funds at British Patient Capital, updates Denise Ko Genovese on the investments made by the LP in 2020
Unquote Private Equity Podcast: LP perspectives
Elias Korosis from Hermes GPE joins the Podcast to discuss co-investments, fund financing and the outlook for 2021
Moonfare appoints Winson Ng of UBS as CIO
Moonfare is a platform that allows private individuals to invest in private equity funds
Secondaries update: Unigestion’s David Swanson
Secondaries activity is recovering from the initial coronavirus-related shock, with good prospects for GP-led secondaries deals
Pantheon appoints Cashion as co-investment partner
Matt Cashion joined Pantheon's New York office earlier in October
Allocate 2020: CIO views on the road ahead
Catch up on a panel featuring leading international CIOs discussing their portfolio strategies for the coming five years
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
