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Felix Zwart: Investing without control over the destination

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 09:13:36 +0200

_{This column was originally written in Dutch. This is an English translation.}

By Felix Zwart, Director of Research at the Dutch Association of Private Equity Firms (NVP)

Private equity requires patience, but social norms are changing rapidly. As an investor, how do you maintain control over funds that were set up in a world that no longer exists?

Ocorian: PE fund managers don't have AI use policies for compliance

Tue, 11 Aug 2026 09:16:59 +0200

Most private equity fund managers do not have formal policies for the use of AI in compliance despite using it widely for regulatory reporting on deals, new research from Ocorian shows.

EDHEC: Evergreen, the tree that never sheds

Tue, 04 Aug 2026 09:21:16 +0200

By Evan Clark, Senior Private Market Analyst, EDHEC Infrastructure & Private Assets Research Institute

Evergreen private equity funds have grown rapidly in recent years, targeting wealth, retail, and increasingly, defined contribution (DC) pension plans. These vehicles promise access, convenience, and periodic liquidity, but closer analysis reveals structural features that pose material risks for investors.

Ocorian: Capital raising more demanding for private equity fund managers

Wed, 01 Jul 2026 10:41:00 +0200

Raising capital has become more demanding for private equity fund managers, with increased due diligence requirements and regulatory uncertainty now the biggest barriers in the market, new research from Ocorian shows.

Bain & Company: Scherpe terugval in dealactiviteit in de eerste helft van 2026

Tue, 09 Jun 2026 10:18:31 +0200

De wereldwijde private-equitymarkt is in de eerste helft van 2026 opnieuw teruggevallen. Na een voorzichtig herstel aan het begin van het jaar kreeg de buy-outmarkt kort na elkaar te maken met nieuwe schokken: onzekerheid over de impact van AI op softwarebedrijven, onrust in private credit en de oorlog in Iran, met een piek in de olieprijs tot gevolg.

Schroders Capital: Juist nu ontstaan de beste kansen in private equity

Thu, 09 Apr 2026 09:15:05 +0200

Private equity kampt al vier jaar met een uitzonderlijk lange terugval. Terwijl beurskoersen records breken, blijven fondsenwerving, deals en exits achter. Oorlog, hogere energieprijzen en aanhoudende macro-economische onzekerheid hebben een pril herstel opnieuw doorkruist.

EDHEC: Do private equities track public markets (and when)?

Tue, 31 Mar 2026 08:02:15 +0200

By Evan Clark, Senior Private Market Analyst, EDHEC Infrastructure & Private Assets Research Institute

Higher frequency private equities data provides a dynamic view of the private equities market. With monthly pricing at the asset level, one has a current view on how market participants are pricing risk in the market. Alongside more reasonable volatility assumptions, this can be used to form longer-term expected return assumptions. For correlations, a longer-term perspective may be more appropriate given that there is an interaction among various asset classes.

Mashid Mojabi: Persistence pays off!

Wed, 04 Feb 2026 08:27:07 +0100

_{This column was originally written in Dutch. This is an English translation.}

By Mashid Mojabi, Policy Lead, Dutch Association of Private Equity and Venture Capital Funds (NVP)

The European single market promises free movement of capital, but for private equity and venture capital fund managers, offering and managing funds across borders remains complex and costly in practice.

EDHEC: Picking winners in private equity

Tue, 27 Jan 2026 06:04:57 +0100

By Evan Clark, Senior Private Market Analyst, EDHEC Infrastructure & Private Assets Research Institute

Identifying future outperformers is the key value-add for allocators. SIPA’s ‘Picking Winners’ shows that managers with strong alpha persistence are more likely to outperform in subsequent vintages, while weak persistence predicts underperformance.

EDHEC: Listed benchmarks don’t reflect private equity returns

Tue, 25 Nov 2025 08:01:50 +0100

By Evan Clark, Senior Private Market Analyst, EDHEC Infrastructure & Private Assets Research Institute

In a recent Scientific Infra & Private Assets (SIPA) report entitled ‘Rethinking Benchmarks: Listed Equities Benchmarks Continue to Misrepresent Pension Fund Private Equities Performance,’ we evaluated the benchmarking choices for eight large Canadian pension plans (known as the ‘Maple 8’).

Top Tier Acces: Consolidatie private equity rond slimmere, duurzamere modellen

Thu, 20 Nov 2025 08:55:55 +0100

In de wereld van private markets gaat de ontwikkeling sneller dan ooit. Nu het Europese private-equity-ecosysteem steeds volwassener wordt, herdenken beleggers en fondsbeheerders hoe zij waarde creëren en behouden.

Ocorian: Record growth in private equity funds

Thu, 23 Oct 2025 09:12:32 +0200

New analysis from Ocorian shows that assets in private equity funds have surged to a record high of $9.917 trillion.

Harry Geels: What critics of private equity and private debt tend to overlook

Tue, 14 Oct 2025 15:29:55 +0200

_{This column was originally written in Dutch. This is an English translation.}

By Harry Geels

Private investors are subject to considerable criticism from society. They are perceived as capitalist (vulture) investors who charge excessive fees and operate outside of supervision as much as possible. However, critics overlook seven major advantages of private markets.

EDHEC: How different are Private Equities from Public Equities?

Tue, 30 Sep 2025 08:02:55 +0200

By Evan Clark, Senior Private Market Analyst, EDHEC Infrastructure & Private Assets Research Institute

A recent Scientific Infra & Private Assets (SIPA) report entitled ‘What is the Private Equities Market? And how different is it from public equities?’ establishes that there are significant differences between the private and public equities space. Public markets have far fewer companies (48k vs ~1 million+) relative to the private equities market, while the median and mean size and profitability is greater than observed in private markets. This has implications when comparing returns and risk across the two markets.

Roundtable PE and VC Impact Investing: Impact investing is about actions, not definitions

Mon, 22 Sep 2025 10:05:01 +0200

^{This roundtable report was originally written in Dutch. This is an English translation.}

Private markets offer fertile ground for impact investors who want to drive change, whether it concerns access to healthcare or stimulating the energy transition. However, transparency in private equity and venture capital is often more limited than on the stock market, which opens the door to impact washing. The challenges are considerable, but so are the impacts and return opportunities.

By Manno van den Berg

Achmea IM: Impact investing with private equity under the Wtp

Mon, 22 Sep 2025 06:04:16 +0200

^{This article was originally written in Dutch. This is an English translation.}

Impact investing is increasingly on the agenda of Dutch pension funds. Private equity is regularly mentioned as an instrument for combining social impact with attractive financial returns. Active ownership in companies also offers opportunities to focus on this even more specifically. Financial Investigator spoke with Ralph Engelchor, Coen van de Laar and Mark Leeijen of Achmea Investment Management about this development and the expected effects of the Future Pensions Act (Wtp).

By Esther Waal

Neuberger Berman: A case for diversified private equity impact strategies

Thu, 11 Sep 2025 07:01:51 +0200

Diversification is key to successful investing, and private equity impact portfolios are no exception. By diversifying across asset classes, strategies, geographies, as well as managers, investors can mitigate risk, improve return potential, and enhance the overall resilience of their portfolios.

By Jennifer Signori, Head of Private Markets Sustainable Investments, Neuberger Berman