Firms & Funds

Energy Capital Partners "might be in a position to launch Fund V in the second half of 2021,” founder and senior partner Doug Kimmelman told Buyouts.

Senior editors from across PEI Media’s titles discuss what they’ll have their eyes on in the coming months, from taxes and SEC oversight to the possibility of the industry being thrown into the public spotlight.

CIO Jim Grossman told the $63bn pension's board that staff would focus on slower private equity pacing to reduce its allocation for now.

The process fell apart once the pandemic broke out and markets shut, which had an impact on CAA’s business with live events and entertainment production delayed and canceled.

Drivers of 2020 fundraising – remote marketing, an LP preference for incumbents and hot strategies like secondaries and tech – are likely to also feature prominently in this year's market.

The new fund is hitting the market less than two years after its last one, amid positive headwinds for its sector focuses.

LP portfolio sales, the most traditional form of secondaries, have largely stopped as buyers look for ways to appropriately price the diverse underlying assets held within the PE funds.

Wayne Moore also requested that staff and J.P. Morgan, which runs the private equity emerging manager program, provide more information about the demographic make-up of the program's managers.

Partners Group meanwhile has been raising its Partners Group Secondary 2020 program targeting $4 billion.

NB Strategic Co-Investment Partners IV wrapped up above its $2 billion target, making it the largest fund raised under Neuberger Berman’s 16-year program.