Investment Funds Observations 2017 - Part Four

From our vantage point as advisers to many of the world's top private equity houses, broad market forces flow through to our instructions, and ultimately drive many of the terms of the funds we advise.

In this series we take a look at what we have been seeing in the investment funds world. Part four will focus on private equity funds.

Preqin has speculated¹ that 2017 may set new fundraising records in the private equity field, which would be consistent with the levels of activity that our fund formation team is seeing in the Cayman Islands. From multi-billion dollar mega-launches, including the largest capital raise of all time for a buyout fund, to somewhat of a resurgence in smaller, start-up products, our data shows a buoyant, diversifying private equity market.