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Fund manager-turned-activist Bill Browder made his money investing in public equities in emerging markets; now he has all his capital invested in private equities in developed markets. As a man wanted dead by the Russian establishment, he has an interesting take on investment risk.
Japanese LPs provided 40% of the $650m Fund III, investor relations director Lisa Herrell tells PEI.
The European Commission has reduced the amount of capital insurers must set aside to manage the perceived risks for some long-term equities.
The firm is back in market just eight months after it closed its third growth fund, which is already 90% deployed.
The Byron owner is looking to make six to eight additional hires over the next 12 months, founder Mauro Moretti tells PEI.
The largest funds will become diversified, low-risk vehicles for large-scale deployments, said partner Elias Korosis at IPEM.
Family offices and HNWIs are expected to gain importance as a source of capital, according to an IPEM survey.
Investors are looking to expand their GP portfolios as access to funds becomes increasingly competitive.
Almost three-quarters of LPs believe that PE-backed companies will perform better than their non-PE-backed counterparts in the case of downturn, according to Coller Capital's latest industry barometer.
The Perspectives survey is one of the most comprehensive analyses of LP sentiment. Here are the charts that tell us what investors think of today's talking points.