Private Equity Wire

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Management fees for private equity buyout funds have fallen to their lowest level since tracking began in 2005, as fund managers face increasing pressure to attract investors in a challenging fundraising landscape, according to a report by the Financial Times. Another factor influencing lower fees is the growth in fund size.

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Pension Pulse

MAY 2, 2024

If you’re only writing $150 million checks, you can’t really be in middle market buyout funds,” Frampton said. I like that they write smaller tickets and don't just focus on the big buyout funds and they can play in the mid market where there are still great opportunities.

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Pension Pulse

MAY 22, 2024

billion of net income, CPP Investments directly and indirectly incurred $1,617 million of operating expenses, $1,449 million in investment management fees and $2,067 million in performance fees paid to external managers, as well as $427 million of transaction-related expenses. To generate $46.4 bps and below the 28.6

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Pension Pulse

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

billion, the deal is the largest buyout in Australia this year and one of the biggest in recent history. The deal triggers a large performance fee for ASX-listed Macquarie Group, which manages the fund. The fee is expected to be worth hundreds of millions of dollars. Mr Khuda, Blackstone and AirTrunk declined to comment.

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Pension Pulse

MAY 24, 2023

Management fees increased by $165 million, due to an increase in average assets managed by external fund managers. Performance fees decreased by $621 million driven by fewer realization events in the private equity portfolio given the low transaction activity through the year, partially offset by strong performance of hedge funds.

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The Big Picture

JUNE 13, 2023

Private equity at the time was only about buyout and LBO. Private debt, private credit was unheard of in Europe until the banks effectively went into this massive liquidity squeeze and all those asset managers had to step in and fill this void. Great opportunity for us. And I think this is where the industry should be heading.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Blackstone is in the business of investing capital, and earning management and performance fees on that invested capital. They also raised just less than one billion for corporate buyouts this quarter. Raising capital has become a bit of a struggle.

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