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The majority of general partners that promise priority returns to investors set the threshold at 8 percent, according to Buyouts Insider’s “PE/VC Partnership Agreements Study” for 2016-17. The 8 percent hurdle is particularly common among both North American and international buyout funds. Action Item: Purchase the “PE/VC Partnership Agreements Study” for 2016-17 in The PE Hub Network Marketplace […]

General partners often agree to provide some annual rate of return to investors before taking their share of profit, giving limited partners additional security that they won’t end up in a clawback situation. (Hellman & Friedman and Warburg Pincus famously don’t offer priority returns.) This has become especially true for North American buyout firms, where over […]

The global PE horizon IRRs benchmarks from Pitchbook show that funds of $1 billion or more provided the highest returns from the three-year mark and beyond. And since private equity is inherently a long-term investment, LPs looking for better returns should look to bigger funds, according to the data. Photo courtesy of ShutterStock

Asian-Pacific private equity and venture capital funds produced very strong returns for members of the Institutional Limited Partnership Association across all time periods, including the highest IRR on the board, with 24.35 for the one-year mark. Natural Resource funds have suffered in the recent time frames, amidst the turmoil in the oil and gas sector. […]

Here are the key statistics in private equity fundraising, deals and exits for the third quarter of 2015.

Here are the key statistics in private equity fundraising, deals and exits for the third quarter of 2015.

Here are the key statistics in private equity fundraising, deals and exits for the first quarter of 2015. Download the “Buyouts Insider Q12015 Highlights” slide show: Buyouts-Insider-Q1-2015-Highlights  

Here are the key statistics in private equity fundraising, deals and exits for the fourth quarter of 2014. Download the “Buyouts Insider Q4 2014 Highlights” slide show: Buyouts-Insider-Q4-2014-Highlights

Buyout firms continue to raise capital at a solid if not record pace following a couple of bleak years in the wake of the financial crisis, while venture capital firms are finally showing life as institutional investors tip-toe back into the asset class following nearly a decade of poor returns from vintages 1998 to 2006.

U.S. buyout firms overwhelm venture capital, real estate in assets under management