Road Show Success
Tuesday, April 05
As fund managers set out to raise capital, one thing they will all have in common is the need to conduct meetings with potential investors to present their fund. In an industry survey taken of LPs and advisors, the majority of those queried rated one-on-one meetings as their preferred method of l...
Real estate to enjoy significant capital inflows
Monday, January 31
Sharing an article oringally written by Zoe Huges of PERE. With institutional investors underweight to the asset class by roughly 2%, industry professionals argue billions of dollars of additional capital will come back to global real estate, not least from sovereign wealth funds.Billions of doll...
Raising Capital
Friday, January 28
The new year is upon us and 2011 is poised to bring further renewed investor interest in the private equity real estate industry. In fact, a recent WSJ article indicated that private equity is pulling out of the downturn in better shape than any thought it would. The question now on many f...
What Can GPs Do To Stand Out
Tuesday, December 21
Preqin recently shared findings from a survey it conducted of 100 leading private equity LPs from across the globe. Below is an excerpt from the survey that includes quotes from some of these LPs regarding what GPs can do to stand out: With more than 1,600 funds on the road seeking aggregate comm...
Putting on the Annual Show
Monday, December 06
As the year comes to an end, many firms will be preparing for their Annual Investor Meeting. The annual meeting is one of the core tools firms use to communicate with their limited partners. Often, it may the only time in the year that you meet with your LPs face-to-face, so it is imperative to m...
Get an "A" on your next report card
Wednesday, October 27
I can still remember the days leading up to report card day as a school kid. All I could hear in my head was, "Make sure you get an A, son." It was what was expected of me -- to be the best. And well, not much has changed in the real world. People, and in this case of this article, investors, exp...