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

Sovereign Investor Institute’s Scott Kalb tells Privcap that the $6 trillion SWF sector want more than returns from their GPs. Aside from the usual investor checklist, there are intangibles in play.

How Paris-based AXA Private Equity became Ardian; important trends in private equity.

Oman Rueda Galvis of Colombia’s Proteccion tells Privcap about how he hopes to raise the standards of local GPs.

Carter Bales and former New York State First Lady Silda Wall Spitzer discuss the investment strategy of their firm, NewWorld Capital Group.

Dollars and sense in fundraising. Three PE leaders discuss how much money and time it takes to form a fund.

Suzanne Donohoe, who leads all investor relations for KKR, describes the evolving needs the firm’s institutional investors clients.

Johannes Huth of KKR describes the thesis behind KKR’s successful investment in KION, a German maker of forklifts.

Trepp’s Tom Fink talks to Privcap about the outlook for the CMBS market, which property asset classes can still expect some pain and what lenders and borrowers learned from the financial crisis.

Capital for private equity investing is increasingly being formed via a dizzying array of publicly listed vehicles. What does this trend mean for private equity? What kind of an opportunity does it present for a much larger pool of potential investors?

PE capital formation should be made easier for startup businesses by the JOBS Act. U.S. Rep. David Schweikert and attorney Scott Gluck discuss the act’s bi-partisan support, a coming battle with the SEC, and letting some sunshine into PE deals.

Real estate private equity managers are experimenting and innovating with investment models in order to capture the attention and cash of retail investors.

Why Berkshire Hathaway may be the ultimate model for big private equity firms.

Transforming private equity into a more liquid asset class is a challenging task, say panelists from Pantheon, KKR, and Morgan Stanley. However, innovations and moves to address vehicle complexity are expected to help.

The complexities of housing illiquid investment strategies in publicly traded vehicles.

The twin demands for private equity to source new types of capital and for high-net-worth and retail investors to access the private equity asset class.

Transparency and liquidity is needed if defined contribution pension plans are to deepen their relationships with private equity, says Michael Riak, Principal – Head of Defined Contribution, with Pantheon Ventures.

Video on the shift from Defined Benefit to Defined Contribution plans discussed by George Pandaleon of Inland Institutional Capital Partners.