Alex Lynn
UK private equity funds are under increased scrutiny from continental investors but US LPs seem to have fewer doubts.
Distributed ledgers can track where money moves, giving GPs and LPs better oversight on how their capital is being deployed.
A majority of LPs find recruitment and internal resource constraints to be significant barriers to improving PE returns, according to Coller Capital's latest survey.
Dominic Spiri's departure follows the appointment of Vivek Ahuja, former deputy group CFO of Standard Chartered, to the role of group chief financial officer in January.
The use of debt to delay capital calls saw HVPE’s distributions outweigh investments last year.
Sellers have less negotiating power and reduced financial standing when it comes to reinvesting in their business, according to Goodwin’s 2018 Rollover Survey.
CEOs at KKR and Blackstone received more carried interest or incentive fee distributions in 2017 than the previous year.
The reforms include greater flexibility for GPs and LPs to define their roles, liabilities and limitations and the ability to borrow capital to finance operations.
Asia saw the greatest improvement with 57% of LGT Capital Partners managers now having excellent or good integration of ESG.
.jpg?id=12885321468 "GPs clear up transparency issues")
Just over half of LPs have experienced greater transparency from fund managers since 2015, a new report claims.