Private Equity’s First-Quarter Fundraising Dollars Hold Steady but Closings Fall
Fraser van Rensburg, one of Asante’s managing partners, was quoted in The Wall Street Journal for an article by Chris Cumming about Q1 2023 private equity fundraising activity.
Asante Market Pulse – Winter 2023
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This 2023 Asante Winter LP Survey reflects a shift in investors’ sentiment as a fall in public markets reducing investors allocations for private assets. There were a host of “fear factors” that drove LPs’ slowdown from investing in private markets in 2022.
Asante Capital Solutions – Q3 2022 Newsletter
The secondaries market is fast becoming a core pillar of the private equity landscape despite its humble origins as an ultra-niche market for LPs seeking liquidity. In today’s newsletter we’re diving into ‘GP-Led Secondaries: Fundraising Friend of For?
Private-Equity Firms Look to Foreign Cash as U.S. Pension Funds Struggle
One of our Managing Partners, Fraser van Rensburg, was quoted in a Wall Street Journal article by Chris Cumming about American private-equity firms collecting more money from abroad.
Asante Capital Solutions – Q2 2022 Newsletter
One of the most important topics there is today, Energy Transition, where we focus on how it is one of the major investment themes we have been observing over the past few years.
Asante Capital Solutions – Q4 2020 Newsletter
Looking ahead to 2021, with much of the practical and portfolio adjustments already made this year, we feel cautiously optimistic that both GPs and LPs are increasingly well-equipped to successfully navigate further market volatility as they focus on their fundraising and capital allocation objectives.
So you’re thinking of spinning out?
“First time funds coming to market now have an even higher bar to clear, yet there will continue to be successful new managers in today’s environment where they can evidence differentiated attributes and the ability to have generated outperformance historically.”
In Their Own Words With Asante Capital’s Fraser Van Rensburg
The coronavirus pandemic slowed private-equity fundraising during the first half, prompted by widespread lockdowns and economic uncertainty, however appetite for the asset class overall has remained strong.