Goldman Sachs' Whitehall platform has become among the most dominant players in global property investment, raising billions and executing deals in an inimitable Goldman fashion. The firm is so opaque that even its own PPMs contain no fund-level performance data. Investors who sign on as limited partners gain access to the immense Whitehall footprint, but pay what many view to be a dizzying array of fees for the privilege. PERE goes inside an enviable franchise that its rivals have at times called ‘The Evil Empire.’ By Robin Marriott and Zoe Hughes
10 min read · 12 January 2013
Time to regroup 2008-09-01 Staff Writer <quotation><italic>Private equity, in Australia and elsewhere, may be headed for an involuntary break, but in the long-term, a period of taking stock could be healthy.</italic><br /><br /></quotation>At press time, fists were flying
3 min read · 12 January 2013
Continued keen interest in Asian private equity on the part of institutional investors has kept fund of funds managers very busy. But as economic growth weakens and capital deployment slows, the future holds some interesting challenges. Siddharth Poddar reports.
9 min read · 12 January 2013
The Middle Eastern private equity boom is certain to continue, according to a new survey.
3 min read · 12 January 2013
Institutional investors are ramping up their commitments to distressed debt funds, but which asset class they fit into becomes complex when those commitments end up in credit vehicles raised by traditional buyout firms, according to CalSTRS CIO Chris Ailman.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Goldman Sachs' Whitehall platform has become among the most dominant players in global property investment, raising billions and executing deals in an inimitable Goldman fashion. The firm is so opaque that even its own PPMs contain no fund-level performance data. Investors who sign on as limited partners gain access to the immense Whitehall footprint, but pay what many view to be a dizzying array of fees for the privilege. PERE goes inside an enviable franchise that its rivals have at times called ‘The Evil Empire.’ By Robin Marriott and Zoe Hughes
10 min read · 12 January 2013
Continued keen interest in Asian private equity on the part of institutional investors has kept fund of funds managers very busy. But as economic growth weakens and capital deployment slows, the future holds some interesting challenges. Siddharth Poddar reports.
9 min read · 12 January 2013
Nicholas Lockley finds recently re-branded UK mid-market specialist Silverfleet Capital content as the economy enters a wintry spell.
6 min read · 12 January 2013
The hold time for venture investments now averages more than eight years. Western IPO markets have shut down. Investors and entrepreneurs may increasingly feel trapped. Amanda Janis reports on the venture industry's growing need for liquidity and the firms poised to provide it.
9 min read · 12 January 2013
In today's secondaries market, many different sellers have many different motivations. By David Snow.
5 min read · 12 January 2013
