Structuring Private Equity Co-Investment Opportunities In Bermuda

A properly structured co-investment vehicle offers both the fund and its co-investors the ability to effectively manage, deliver and return economic benefit from identified investment opportunities. Bermuda's legal and governance framework, together with its experienced and knowledgeable professional service providers, facilitates the creation of flexible and economically viable co-investment vehicles within a stable and business friendly jurisdiction.

Co-investment deal flow tends to track overall private equity market deal flow, with volumes gradually increasing since the 2008 crisis period. A report by Preqin tells us that of the LPs tracked on Investor Intelligence, 43% are actively seeking co-investment rights when committing to funds, and a further 11% are considering such opportunities, with fund of funds managers accounting for the largest proportion of the coinvestors (23%). The Hedge Fund Insight 'Hot 100' report released in April 2014 which