McRock Capital’s Scott MacDonald explains what the industrial internet is, and why his firm’s investing in its components.

A statistical look at oil and gas private equity fundraising in the U.S.

Daniel Feder, managing director of private markets for a university endowment, discusses the unique nature of the investment model and why it aligns with PE.

In the secondaries market, discounts are not predictors of performance.

“Three years ago, we looked at how we were doing in venture capital in Canada and we realized there were several gaps in the market,” says Jerome Nycz, Business Development Bank of Canada.

Wally Hunter of EnerTech Capital tells Privcap about investing in energy technology, particularly companies treating water at oil-and-gas sites.

EY’s Michael Rogers and Gulf Capital’s Walid Cherif discuss how consumption is driving PE’s investment in emerging markets.

More buyout and M&A deals are emerging in Southeast Asia, says Headland Capital Partners’ George Raffini.

A conversation about EY’s services for private equity firms investing in China.

EnCap Investments targets opportunities in the unquestionably hot midstream and upstream oil and gas sector. Chuck Bauer, the firm’s head of IR, tells Privcap about its latest fundraising—a $3B midstream fund that hit its hard cap in four months.

Mekong Capital’s Chad Ovel on PE’s inroads in Vietnam, the importance of management team selection, and their banner investment in Mobile World.

Higher going-in cap rate markets do not pay, argues TIAA-CREF’s Martha Peyton. Lower yielding markets deliver higher total returns over longer-term, she explains.

US investors to significantly grow foreign RE portfolios, but it’s about longer hold periods – and vehicles to match – as they seek income, as well as total, returns.

Experts from Cambridge, PREA and Crossroads delve into benchmarking value-added and opportunistic real estate funds – what works and what doesn’t.

2009 will be real estate’s best vintage year but only a few will benefit. Experts from Cambridge, PREA and Crossroads discuss real estate vintage year performance, the winners and the losers.

When Pantheon was chosen as the manager of an innovative fund-of-funds platform for public pension plans in California—including the Orange County Employees Retirement System—it meant significant fee savings and a new way to access PE for smaller systems

The options-pricing model might be a buzzword in valuation circles, but it’s of little use to private equity CFOs. With experts from EIF, W Capital and RSM.

The CFO of a major energy-focused private equity firm explains his approach to valuations.