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LPs raise conflict of interest fears with GPs who raise SPACs
As GPs revel in the exuberance of a burgeoning investment trend, some limited partners have begun to question potential conflicts around private equity firms raising SPACs.
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MiddleGround Capital: Value creation via ESG
The focus on ESG is growing, yet few lower mid-market private equity fund managers have made it a priority, say John Poff, David Walden and Bonnie Howard of MiddleGround Capital.
Argand Partners on the industrial digital revolution
The arrival of the pandemic has spurred digital transformation, accelerating trends already in motion, says Tariq Osman, partner and co-founder at Argand Partners.
Gen II: Emerging manager experience matters more than ever for service providers
The pandemic presents significant fundraising challenges for emerging managers; service providers with a strong history of working with those managers will be best positioned to help them navigate the crisis, explains Jeff Gendel, principal at Gen II Fund Services.
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Blackstone to launch next secondaries flagship next year as firm sees...
Alternatives has more than $6 trillion in assets under management, and only about $100 billion of that trades hands in secondaries, Blackstone president Jonathan Gray said.
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2020 Deal of the Year Awards
Since 1990, the editors of Buyouts have honored exceptional buyouts with our Deal of the Year Awards.
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Emerging Manager Report 2020 Download
Emerging Manager Report 2020
Download the fourth annual Emerging Manager Report, published by Buyouts in partnership with Gen II Fund Services, LLC. This free report...
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DOWNLOAD: North American PE fundraising takes a U-turn in Q3
US and Canadian buyout, growth equity, secondaries, venture capital and other PE funds collected $200bn at the end of September, down 25% from the same time last year.
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Counting the cost of co-investment
A recent survey published by Buyouts shows that getting into a fund from the outside can be costly
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PODCAST: Rise of SPACs, demand for long holds and adjusting PE operations in the...
We discuss the factors driving well-known executives to form special purpose acquisition vehicles and take a look at how private equity portfolio companies have adjusted to combat covid-19.
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