Videocast: Asset management regulation in 2020 videocast series – Private fund regulatory developments
Podcast: Credit Funds: Compliance Considerations for Valuation
Ropes & Gray’s PEP Talk: General Solicitation by Private Equity Funds Under 506(c)
A recurring topic of discussion among secondaries market players is the extent to which the growth in GP-led deal volume in recent years has primarily resulted from transitory factors, such as softness in exit markets. A...more
Deal activity: Deal count has picked up through the first half of 2025, up 2% compared to the same period last year but still down 7% from H2 2024. With geopolitical tensions, investors and analysts alike are forecasting...more
Private equity funds show the least variation, with 80% of PE funds setting hurdle rates at 8%. Real estate funds are almost as likely to set rates at 7% or 9% as 8%....more
This isn’t the first time—and it certainly won’t be the last—that private equity firms are bracing for an economic downturn. Although private equity firms usually earn their best returns after a recession, only the most...more
A Tool for Portfolio Management - While the secondaries market has traditionally provided opportunities for limited partners to exit from private equity funds, there has been an increase in General Partner (GP)-led...more
This year should combine both commercial opportunities and regulatory risks for private equity. Deal multiples are high and will probably stabilize or continue to go a little higher given the combined effect of a scarcity of...more
As recent volatile markets have necessitated diversification in transaction and financing structures, private investment in public equity (PIPE) transactions have been on the rise, with sponsors increasingly considering these...more
The private equity industry has seen substantial growth and success since the global financial crisis of 2008. For the first time in over a decade, private equity sponsors are now entering what may be an extended period of...more
This Q&A attempts to answer some questions that may be on the mind of private equity sponsors who are nervous about the reactions of their LPs to the current crisis. Can our LPs terminate our fund? You need to check...more
The number of private equity fund restructurings is likely to rise in the coming years. The current economic expansion will inevitably come to an end (at 87 months and counting, this expansion is already the third longest...more
It’s no secret that it has become more difficult for traditional private equity firms to raise captive funds. In fact, California Public Employees’ Retirement System is looking to further reduce its number of private equity...more