All articles by Jennifer Bollen
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FeaturesUK venture: new kids on the block
Google the venture firm 2150 and you won’t find an investment strategy but a manifesto.
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FeaturesBriefing: PE fees under scrutiny
The balance of power between private equity firms and investors typically swings with the fundraising cycles.
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FeaturesBriefing - Growth private equity: From margin to multiple
Private equity may have a reputation for buying cheap, levering up and selling high. But with a record $30bn (€25bn) sitting in European growth vehicles, true business growth is expected to play a greater role in coming years.
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Special ReportPrivate markets: A shift in priorities
The COVID-19 pandemic has modified the selection process for managers of real assets and private equity
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Special ReportValue and Costs: PE gears up for more transparency calls
Private equity is expecting further demand from investors for increased reporting and is checking the maths
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FeaturesBriefing: COVID-19 crisis shines light on private equity tech
It was five years ago that Partners Group’s disaster-recovery team began preparing for a crisis like the one that would shut down all but four of its 20 offices by the end of March.
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Features
Private Equity Fees: Standardisation still elusive
A string of initiatives has attempted to resolve the complexity and opacity of private equity fees. One of latest such initiatives has received mixed reviews from European investors
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Special Report
Oil and gas woes fuel deal appetite
Energy price falls and financing pressures are attracting the attention of credit and hedge fund investors on the lookout for cheap energy assets, says Jennifer Bollen
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Special Report
Credit: Debt Markets & Private Equity
With non-bank lending on the rise in Europe but significant barriers to entry into the business, the mid-market private equity industry might be ready to take up some of the slack
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Features
Mezzanine Finance: Mezzanine’s brief hour in the sun
Mezzanine lenders stepped into the breach during the darkest days of the credit crunch, and were paid handsomely for their trouble
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Special ReportSmart beta: Smart enough for bonds?
Is smart beta more difficult to implement in fixed income?
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Special Report
Special Report, Fees & Costs: If the price is right
Surveys suggest that investors feel more could be done to make private equity fund terms fairer. But Jennifer Bollen finds that pension funds also recognise that simply squeezing costs may not be the wisest approach.
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Special Report
Special Report - Emerging Markets: Building the emerging world
Bank disintermediation, and the opportunities it presents, is as strong a theme in emerging infrastructure markets as developed. But Jennifer Bollen finds the similarities may end there
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Features
Keeping it in the family
Jennifer Bollen asks why buyers of private equity secondaries tend to be owners of primary interests already, and finds the current hot market conditions explain some of the advantages
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Asset Class Reports
High-yield Bonds & Loans: Lien and healthy?
Jennifer Bollen finds booming leverage markets bringing second-lien debt back into vogue in private equity deals – and in Europe, that can mean mezzanine-like risk
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Special Report
Risk and Portfolio Construction: A new era for risk parity
Jennifer Bollen asks whether the end of the bond bull market signals the death of the traditional risk parity model
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Special Report
Risk and Portfolio Construction: Annus horribilis?
After a 30-year bond bull market and an arguably easy run for risk parity, in 2013 practitioners suddenly found themselves grappling with significant problems in multiple asset classes. Jennifer Bollen asks four leading managers how they coped with the consequences of last summer’s bonds slump
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Asset Class Reports
Private Equity: Handing over the reins
Planning for a buyout firm’s future can be tricky and emotional, writes Jennifer Bollen
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Special Report
Credit: The waiting game
The big rush of distressed assets anticipated from the financial crisis never materialised. Jennifer Bollen asks if the delayed opportunity is about to come good, and what kind of opportunity it might be
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NewsING, IPE surveys reveal appetite for bank loans
Pension funds cite diversification, low defaults, floating rates - but question industry capacity to provide products
