Only 3% of PE funds are Article 9 funds

Only 3% of PE funds are Article 9 funds

Private equity strategies are in no hurry to adopt regulatory labels, but they are showing signs of improvement when it comes to factoring in climate change Only 3% of private equity funds classify themselves as dark green Article 9 strategies, i.e. those that make...
EQT exits packaging player GPA Global

EQT exits packaging player GPA Global

Swedish private equity player, EQT Group, has exited its investment in packing group, GPA Global, marking the third exit out of its Mid Market Asia III fund. The firm, which often employs a value-add strategy, acquired a co-controlling stake in GPA in 2017 and sold...
BlackRock Sees Insurers With $28 Trillion Adding Private Assets

BlackRock Sees Insurers With $28 Trillion Adding Private Assets

Insurers are poised to pump hundreds of billions of dollars into private assets over the next two years as they seek to overcome the highest inflation in four decades and heightened recession risk, according to BlackRock.  Charles Hatami, head of the firm’s Financial...
Mubadala’s direct investment capabilities reach maturity

Mubadala’s direct investment capabilities reach maturity

It is no secret that limited partners like sovereign wealth managers and pension funds have been increasingly seeking to deploy capital on their own in recent years, as opposed to paying fees for others to invest on their behalf. Mubadala, a United Arab Emirates...