Chris Merrill of Harrison Street Real Estate Capital tells Privcap about the property investment group’s strategy, where he sees market opportunities and how they had to build the company to run an open-ended core fund.

The right and wrong ways to use public-market and other “comparables” in PE valuations.

Todd Henderson of Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management, talks about the firm’s $12bn of capital inflows in 2013, tailoring opportunistic separate accounts for investors and plans for future funds.

BlackRock’s Arslan Mian tells Privcap about the changing nature of the relationship between LPs and GPs, why M&A is set to continue, which emerging markets he favors and why energy and healthcare are the next big investment opportunities.

Lee Gardella of Adveq discusses private equity from a global perspective.

An executive summary of the Privcap series Private Equity Fundraising.

Providing accurate information to LPs has never been more important, or more challenging.

In the wake of the financial crisis, The Blackstone Group increased its IR staff along with the granularity of information it reported to LPs.

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

Data on the performance of Brazilian private equity is thin, but Spectra-Insper says it has evidence of recent momentum.

Grabbing deals is often a focus for GPs, but many do not focus on optimizing the performance of the fund. Common missteps can cost funds precious points of IRR, experts tell Privcap.

The popularity of co-investment—investing alongside managers rather than in their funds—is soaring. LPs want in on the action. One reason is the availability of low-fee and no-fee structures. Another is the chance for LPs to get better control of investments. But with reward comes risk.

Launched several years before a massive downturn, vintage-year 2004 is—unsurprisingly—a lackluster performer. But our experts say investors did well compared to other asset classes.

In an interview with Omar Rueda Galvis of Protección, he focuses on more private equity and fewer GPs.

The private equity asset class is both blessed and challenged by its very long holding periods

Frank Brenninkmeyer of Performance Equity talks about what his firm looks for in a manager, how their history with GM’s pension group informs strategy, and guiding new entrants to the asset class.

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

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