Fundraising

The inclusion of retail investors has been among the biggest changes in the asset class in recent decades, said global head Verdun Perry at IPEM 2022.

The high cost of operations, capital constraints and an attraction to specialists are all factors driving M&A activity among PE firms.

According to Proskauer’s latest fundraising terms and trends report, the cost of raising a fund is increasing. There are a few culprits behind this pattern.

Firms are focusing more on building out operating capabilities to create value, and they are turning to private debt to finance these investments

How private fund leaders really feel as inflationary concerns start to bite.

The prospect of spiraling costs is the industry’s number one concern.

Digital fundraising platforms continue to transform the way managers develop their businesses, even as many return to in-person relationship management, according to an Apex Group executive.

Investors put safe money with larger managers, making fundraising for first-time funds more difficult.

Certain strategies are seeing new heights of success in fundraising, but smaller generalized funds may have trouble competing, PitchBook says.

Fundraising platforms-turned-GPs are revolutionizing a traditionally laborious commitment process for wealth managers and their clients.