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In recent years, family offices have evolved from indirect, secondary and/or background investors into highly active and influential players in the private equity space. In 2025, this shift is no longer a trend, it is a...more
Since the enactment of the Investment Company Act 85 years ago, the asset management industry has grown from $2 billion in assets to more than $39 trillion in assets. Under existing Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”)...more
The Tax Court recently ruled for the IRS in another case involving the “limited partner exception” under the Self Employment Contributions Act (SECA). Code Section 1402(a)(13) generally exempts the distributive share of...more
Introduction - NAV facilities operate by taking a portfolio of assets owned by a borrower and selecting which assets within that portfolio a lender is willing to lend against. This pool of approved assets becomes the...more
Two decades ago, HighVista Strategies set out to transform alternative investing by tapping into less efficient markets in search of alpha. Today, with $11 billion under management, the firm remains at the forefront of...more
In this episode, we are thrilled to be joined by Liz Campbell, Chief Investment Officer at Portfolio Advisors, a global private asset manager specializing in the US middle market. Together with its parent company FS...more
In a typical multi-strategy fund (“Multi-Strat”), a fund structure is established by an investment manager (the “Investment Manager”) that runs multiple investment strategy portfolios within it, oftentimes with different...more
The purpose of this article is to unpack the basic building blocks of what constitutes a NAV Loan to make sure that market participants have a basic understanding of what is in a NAV Loan and their key negotiated issues. As...more
Determining “certainty of asset” is a key element of any investment. When an investor takes a minority position as it does in a typical venture or growth capital investment, the approach to ascertaining certainty differs...more
Executive Summary - Over the last several years, a need has arisen in the fund finance market, which caters to private equity, venture capital, family offices, and other investment funds (“Funds”) and their sponsors, for...more
Private equity firms can breathe a sigh of relief after a federal judge dismissed claims that threatened to establish a precedent for holding private equity firms liable for certain actions by their portfolio companies....more
If you made your fundraising forecast in November, it could be due for an update. The Wall Street Journal's December 29 write-up Private Equity Faces Gloomy Fundraising Forecast for 2024 makes my point: The main statistic,...more
The year 2023 presented the fund finance industry with many challenges that it rose to face with an inventiveness and rigour that showed just how mature and multi-faceted the market has become. At Cadwalader in London we saw...more
It has been a common refrain in the fund finance industry that “hybrid” loan facilities (i.e., loans underwritten on the basis of both a fund’s investor capital commitments and its investment portfolio) are constantly talked...more
Subscription lines, NAV, over-allocations ... and the connection between exercise and good health – here’s what we’re reading this week. Private Funds CFO provided a subline market update in Borrowers turn to new...more
Impact investing is taking off in Europe in a big way as investors increasingly factor the environmental and societal impacts of their capital into allocation strategies. This shift has been so significant that Europe-focused...more
On May 3, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted to adopt certain amendments (Final Amendments) to Form PF reporting requirements. Form PF is a confidential, regulatory reporting form filed by SEC-registered...more
As leveraged loan markets have been impacted by a challenging macroeconomic environment, private equity sponsors are sharpening their focus on flexibility in their portfolio companies’ loan documents Given the sharp...more
As private credit lenders move up market, Mike Ewald, partner at Bain Capital Credit, joins the Private Market Talks podcast to discuss how big the market might get, when – and if – the syndicated market comes back, and what...more
As the industry readies itself for the January 2023 pilgrimage to the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference (JPM) and Biotech Showcase in San Francisco, our market-leading life sciences and health care industry team has prepared...more
It’s that time of year again when conversations are dominated by reflections on our market’s performance over the last 12 months and expectations as to what 2023 will hold for our industry....more
What to expect? The first half of 2022 marked another banner period for asset and wealth management deals, with deal volume up 11% compared to the same period in 2021, according to PWC. And the market for buying and selling...more
As our other Top Ten posts have demonstrated, there is no shortage of risks for private fund sponsors to navigate in today’s economic and regulatory environment. Nevertheless, they need to prioritize the risk that hits...more
Welcome to the second edition of Private Capital Insights, a report that examines market trends and developments impacting private capital investors across a range of asset classes. In this edition, we explore the...more