Private Equity: Stick or twist? Avoiding the ‘pig in the python'
After a period of record fundraising and with more than $1tn of ‘dry powder' on the sidelines awaiting investment, private equity (PE) has had a more difficult time in the past two years as inflation and interest rates have increased. The IPO market has been subdued following strong years in 2020 and 2021, challenging the traditional PE model, which relies on a steady cycle of exits in order to fund existing commitments and make new investments. One leading US private equity investor has likened the current situation to a python that has swallowed a pig: it will take some time to digest. But for a sector that is apparently out of favour, UK listed private equity has quietly been performing remarkably well, with the AIC Private Equity sector average up some 22% year-to-date in share price terms.
Standard Life Private Equity Trust carries on business as an investment trust. The principal focus of Co. is to invest in private equity funds and to manage exposure through the primary and secondary funds markets. Co. invests only in private equity funds, but occasionally may hold direct private equity investments or quoted securities as a result of distributions in specie from its portfolio of fund investments. Co. board has contractually delegated the management of the investment portfolio to the manager, SL Capital Partners LLP.
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