In light of economic stressors, LPs are asking themselves if they should pull back from private assets or just sit tight.
David Rubenstein, The Carlyle Group co-founder, talks about his due diligence process when he is considering investing in a fund.
Several recent events demonstrate that investors are looking for hard evidence from GPs making ESG claims.
LPs are beset with a glut of requests for re-ups from their existing managers, in many cases at a much quicker pace than ever before.
CPPIB's new growth equity unit appears to have swallowed up the pension manager's three-year-old venture capital business.
The Column Group is close to reaching its fundraising target of $600m apiece for its early-stage life science Fund V and later-stage Opportunity Fund III.
Grappling with European sustainable finance rules was one of the central themes of this year's Impact Investor Global Summit and uncertainty was order of the day.
As is usually the case, increased rules mean higher compliance costs for those advisers who fall under regulation. For the biggest firms in the industry, those costs can be handled, but for smaller shops, and especially emerging managers, those costs could prove harmful.
ESG considerations and diversity among management teams rank low as a priority when sourcing managers, according to a new survey conducted by law firm Seward & Kissel.
VC funds performed admirably during the Global Financial Crisis and produced stellar returns in the following years, so you shouldn't be overly concerned about current economic uncertainty.