Toby Mitchenall
Toby Mitchenall is the Senior Editor for private equity at PEI Media. He is responsible for and regular contributor to the private equity coverage across Private Equity International, Secondaries Investor and private funds management and is based in PEI’s London office. Toby was previously a consultant advising private equity firms on marketing and public relations.
The threat presented by Solvency II should not be underestimated.
The influential European LP is considering whether to use a fund of funds – something it has not done in its 10-year history – to access the Chinese private equity market, as it doubles its allocation to emerging markets.
Margot Wirth, head of private equity for the $133bn pension, sees a shift away from totally ‘blind trust arrangements’.
The global firm will publish details of its environmental, social and governance programme by the end of the year, said European head Johannes Huth at the PEI Responsible Investment Forum on Thursday.
Barclays Private Equity will only spin out from its banking parent once fundraising for its fourth fund is well underway.
Private equity firms in the UK feel that potential changes to the way capital gains are taxed could endanger the country’s position as an industry hub.
Banks and insurers – two significant players in the domestic French LP base – are being pulled away from asset class.
Fresh from the blockbuster exit of Pets at Home, Bridgepoint managing partner William Jackson talks to PEI about high prices, expanding the franchise and why private equity is still anything but an ‘easy business’. Toby Mitchenall reports
UK pension funds are increasingly favouring alternatives, with the average asset allocation rising to 9 percent in 2010, according to Mercer.
Serial KKR board member Tony DeNunzio will help steer the UK pet store chain.