Analysis
Travel sector assets: Seeking solutions to long-lasting woes
Unquote explores the challenges ahead, how PE-backed companies are adapting their business models, and how they can bounce back
DWS putting secondary capital to work in late-stage co-investments
Secondaries player has found that offering a mid-cycle co-invest can be an option for PE-backed assets to capitalise on opportunities
GP Profile: Riverside Europe
Karsten Langer discusses how the firm's portfolio is coping with the coronavirus crisis, as the GP raises its sixth-generation fund
Video: Ely Place's Roddick on the latest LP/GP trends
Roddick discusses pre-fundraising campaigns, the denominator effect, allocation lessons learned from the GFC, and more
VC Profile: Isai reaches 1st close in lockdown
Founder Jean-David Chamboredon discusses the challenges of raising a fund in lockdown, and plans to deploy capital in an uncertain environment
E-scooter startups feel brunt of lockdowns but anticipate future upside
The coronavirus lockdown in Europe has put a brake on the transport sector - should e-scooter startups and their investors be worried?
Spanish GPs navigate tough fundraising, deal-making environment
Unquote rounds up notable funds delayed or postponed, and gathers dealflow updates from managers
2010-vintage funds: what is still in UK portfolios
PE managers now have a number of options available to them when funds near the end of their lifespan
German GPs weigh up portfolio damage and rescue packages
Nature of Germany's industrials-weighted economy has caused problems for some GPs when it comes to liquidity needs
VCs welcome Future Fund, but seek added clarity
VCs dicuss the use of convertible loan notes and the need for liquidity in the venture ecosystem
UK government extends lifeline to PE assets, but obstacles remain
Clarification for CBILS is deemed helpful, but concerns linger for the Coronavirus Large Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CLBILS)
Q&A: SHS's Alilovic on healthtech investing
New managing partner Sascha Alilovic talks to Unquote about the healthtech investor's plans
GP profile: Silverfern
Managing directors Robert Spittler and Alexander Zucker discuss the strategy for the new fund and the GP's track record
Unquote Private Equity Podcast: Fund financing in a fix
The Unquote team looks at how PE managers are turning to fund financing in a bid to shore up their portfolios
UK small-cap GPs look to build on growth amid Covid-19 turmoil
How pricing in the smaller PE segment will be affected by the coronavirus crisis is not yet clear
Coronavirus: European LPs contemplate course corrections
LPs are not unanimous in their opinion of how the current pandemic will reshape ways of thinking
European consumer M&A presents opportunities in Covid-19 chaos
Europe's consumer sector offers pockets of opportunity as the coronavirus pandemic wreaks havoc on M&A
GPs turn to preferred equity in hunt for emergency liquidity
GPs seek to raise pots of capital fast to insulate their portfolio companies from the economic fallout of Covid-19
Secondaries players hold fire despite copious dry powder
Market is likely to pause until Q2 2020 valuations are released, potentially leading to a flurry in Q4
VCs ramp up coronavirus mitigation efforts
Partners from Balderton, General Atlantic, Anthemis Partners, TCV and Speedinvest dicuss the crisis
Italian fundraising processes disrupted by Covid-19 crisis
A round-up of the processes affected, as well as those still pushing through despite the pandemic
Q&A: Cambridge Associates' Featherby on PE's time to shine
Very few managers will have net benefited from this crisis, says Featherby, but PE could still showcase its ability to outperform
How private equity is helping fight the Covid-19 outbreak
A round-up of initiatives by GPs across Europe – and their portfolio companies – to help their communities
PE-backed pubs and restaurants looking for silver linings
UK-based pubs and restaurants have so far remained somewhat resilient, but the situation is still precarious
