Isobel Markham
Isobel Markham is Editor of Private Equity International, overseeing the editorial content of the monthly magazine and contributing news and analysis for PrivateEquityInternational.com. Based in New York, Isobel works closely with private equity-focused colleagues across PEI Media’s offices in New York, London and Hong Kong. She is a graduate of Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism.
Originally targeting $400m, Fund IX is the firm’s largest fund of funds to date and will allocate around 20% to secondaries.
The firm hopes to acquire around a 10% stake in its 2011-vintage fund from LPs wanting to sell interests for cyclical portfolio management reasons.
Our post-Brexit survey finds investors are backing away from the UK.
Here are the key issues the UK private equity industry would like the new man at the Treasury, Philip Hammond, to tackle.
The firm has promoted Nordics specialist Edward Hutton to partner.
Secondaries and funds of funds are proving the most popular strategy choices for the nation's corporate pension funds, according to a survey by JPMorgan Asset Management.
The pension fund, which has an 11% allocation to private equity, said it will be working with policy makers and regulators to protect the interests of long-term investors.
After the UK's vote to leave the EU, the fund of funds manager said it planned to keep its EMEA hub in the city.
The advisory firm and fund of funds manager will be combined with LP Capital Advisors and rebranded as Pavilion Alternatives Group.
Listed funds of funds managed by HarbourVest Partners and SL Capital Partners were among vehicles that had drops in their share price after the UK's referendum result on Thursday.