private equity

US-based associates’ salaries have surged 14% over the past 12 months, but managing partner pay has remained stagnant for the second year running.

The next 12 months are set to transform the valuations landscape for alternative investment funds.

As managers look at alternatives to a standard 8% preferred return and 100% catch-up waterfall, how does this affect how profits flow to investors and the manager? Goodwin’s Michael Halford and Benjamin Yeoh modeled them to find out.

Co-investment management fees could become more common amid fears that limited partners are rushing into deals to avoid charges. “Everyone is asking for co-investments,” Kaarina Suikkonen, managing partner at Swiss family office advisory Apaja, told delegates at Private Equity International‘s Women in Private Equity Forum on 21 November. “It used to be the way to reduce […]

As the South African-based manager progresses towards its $300m target, we zoom in on the fund’s terms.

The portfolio company cites 'recent events in our industry', which a regional competitor suggests likely refers to Amazon’s acquisition of Whole Foods in August.

The $141bn pension has bought a Canadian mussels producer after a 36-month examination of the sector, OTPP portfolio manager Stephen McLennan tells Agri Investor.

The Indian private equity firm has made its first investment in ag tech by backing newly-established Gobasco, a company focused on optimizing India’s agri supply chain.

The investment into Cloverleaf is understood to be the firm’s first since identifying cold storage as a strategic opportunity about a year ago.

The acquisition will enable the Chicago-based pork rind manufacturer to grow its product line and its West Coast presence.