Michael Elio, StepStone

An expert discussion about virtual AGMs, virtual fundraisings and investor relations in interesting times.

Investors carefully consider the team dynamics of a private equity GP.

When considering a spinout fund, investors need more than evidence of a strong track record.

Three veterans of the private equity fundraising market share advice to GPs thinking of spinning out to form their own firms.

How the best LPs assess the main drivers of success in a private equity fund—the people managing it.

Three experts discuss how an LP might pass on a GP’s fundraising due to the perception of a “weak bench” and a team that may not be around for 10 years.

Showing how you source and win transactions is crucial for GPs to win an LP’s attention in a crowded market.

GPs must sometimes deal with the fact that an LP may pass over them for reasons outside their control. A panel of three experts outlines what some of these may be.

A communication breakdown between a GP and LP can have various repercussions; three experts discuss what these are and name some possible remedies.

Reason No. 1 you won’t raise your next fund: Strategy deviation without explanation.

Ten years on, what do we know about the average performance of PE funds in the 2004 vintage?

How to optimize the performance of your fund as a whole by avoiding key mistakes.

A deep dive into Siguler Guff’s co-investment platform – how co-investing helped the firm add alpha to its overall portfolio.

How have emerging markets private equity funds performed on average over the long term? And why is this so?

Which strategy has performed better – mega buyout or small buyout?

Our performance experts tackle the most over-used term in private equity: ‘Top quartile.’

Experts Weigh In: Impact and ESG Strategies – Michael Elio of ILPA

Energy-focused private equity funds have, on average, vastly outperformed other private equity funds over the past 10 to 15 years. Why?

Experts from Cambridge Associates and the Institutional Limited Partners Association share proprietary data to analyze whether a new era of wealth creation is coming to venture participants.

Despite getting a record $115 billion back from their GPs last year, LPs have been slow to plow that money back into the fundraising market, according to Michael Elio of ILPA and Andrea Auerbach of Cambridge Associates.

Why are LPs focused on “growth equity” as a distinct strategy?

The expert panel on performance discusses common challenges that a fund manager might face when pursuing a strategy that does not fall into a neat category.

What’s the real impact of the private equity overhang, just how big is it, and how worried should investors be? Expert analysis with professionals from ILPA, Cambridge and Independence Capital.

Mike Elio of ILPA and Andrea Auerbach of Cambridge Associates explain this new performance benchmark

Absolute performance versus top-quartile performance. With Cambridge, ILPA and Zurich.

It’s a tricky but critical categorization to make–how should a fund manager be benchmarked?

An overview of the partnership struck between ILPA and Cambridge Associates to create a powerful new institutional benchmark in private equity.

When is a private equity fund “born?” And how is it that GPs are able to seemingly shop for a vintage year in which their fund shows the best relative performance?

How has private equity been performing recently, and what does that performance mean for the long-term attractiveness of the asset class?

The year 2006 is one of the most important ever for the buyout industry because so much capital was formed and put to work in a frothy environment. So how is the “class of 2006” looking today?

Topics discussed include the limits of macroeconomic growth in driving returns, the need for managers to create alpha, and more.

Three experts discuss the reasons behind, and consequences of, the LP desire for fewer GPs in the portfolio.

Topics discussed in this program include the signs of sophistication among LPs, the critical importance of understanding illiquidity, new best practices in portfolio construction and investment pacing, and more.

An expert discussion focused on the LP/GP communication dynamic when everyone is forced to stay home

A summary of the Privcap thought-leadership series on the Top Tips for Private Equity Spinouts.

Three private equity experts discuss how best to evaluate an investment team.

Executive summary of the Privcap series on “Five Reasons Why You Won’t Raise Your Next Fund” with expert commentary from MVision Private Equity Advisers, StepStone Group and Zurich Alternative Asset Management.

A deep dive into the institutional private equity portfolio. Features interviews with the foremost authorities on portfolio construction and performance.

An exclusive report on private equity performance. This issue includes buyout fund performance, the importance of top-quartile and emerging markets performance.

In this issue of Private Equity Performance, experts from Cambridge and ILPA discuss a record year for distributions, VC and energy performance

In this issue of Private Equity Performance experts from Cambridge, ILPA and Independence Capital discuss growth equity, niche strategies and the overhang.

A special report on private equity performance, including expert insights and the most recent quarterly data from Cambridge Associates.