Reputational risk, early secondaries help assuage LP default fears
With the Covid-19 outbreak leading investors to suddenly reassess their exposure to private equity, some GPs have feared that a number of LPs could start defaulting on commitments. But such fears appear somewhat overblown, writes Denise Ko Genovese
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