Over the last three decades, the US has been at the vanguard of
the Private Equity growth story so it is little surprise that their
top managers rule the roost.
The United States dominates the PE marketplace when it comes to
AUM (assets under management) size. It's estimated that the top
300 global PE managers manage USD 1.5 trillion in assets, of which
US-based managers account for USD 1 trillion; this compares to USD
177 billion among UK-based managers.
Over the last three decades, the US has been at the vanguard of
the PE growth story so it is little surprise that their top
managers rule the roost.
As
Anastasia Williams, Head of Private Equity, Americas at TMF
Group remarks: "The big PE fund managers keep getting bigger
and I think that is a trend that will continue to play out,
certainly among those managers who are US-headquartered.
