Barometer library

We are pleased to share our 37th Coller Capital Global Private Equity Barometer and its associated press release. Coller Capital's Barometer is a unique snapshot of global trends in private equity – a twice-yearly overview of the plans and opinions of Limited Partners worldwide. This edition contains findings on:

• Denomintator effect likely to reduce the pace of PE commitments
• Macro environment and inflation viewed as significant risks to private equity returns by LPs
• PE and private credit are viewed as more attractive by LPs than public markets in volatile times
• PE markets in the CEE, UK and Italy have become less attractive to LPs than four years ago
• More LPs are investing in PE energy assets than four years ago, both renewables and hydrocarbons
• ESG-related disclosures viewed as a gating issue for three quarters of LPs

We are pleased to share our 36th Coller Capital Global Private Equity Barometer and its associated press release. Coller Capital's Barometer is a unique snapshot of global trends in private equity – a twice-yearly overview of the plans and opinions of Limited Partners worldwide. This edition contains findings on:

• LPs’ private equity vs public equity portfolio performance
• Achievability of LPs’ private equity target returns
• LP views on alternative sources of PE fund capital
• LP commitments to funds investing in GP management companies
• ESG’s role as a value driver
• ESG sector exclusions and environmental risks
• Reputational risks to LPs from activist investors/media campaigns
• LPs’ exposure to cryptocurrencies and the metaverse
• LP recruitment
• LP commitments to VC funds targeting female and ethnic minority founders
• Investor commitments to private equity funds at first closing
• Implications of rising interest rates for private credit portfolios
• Private markets asset allocation and returns

We are pleased to share our 35th Coller Capital Global Private Equity Barometer and its associated press release. Coller Capital's Barometer is a unique snapshot of global trends in private equity – a twice-yearly overview of the plans and opinions of Limited Partners worldwide. This edition contains findings on:

• The structuring of portfolio company incentives
• Public/private ownership models and performance
• Continuation funds
• Co-investments
• Secondaries in private markets
• Private credit
• Virtual due diligence
• ESG considerations in new fund commitments
• Likelihood of regulatory change in private markets
• Greenwashing
• Cybersecurity
• Appetite for fund commitments in Asia-Pacific

We are pleased to share our 34th Coller Capital Global Private Equity Barometer and its associated press release. Coller Capital's Barometer is a unique snapshot of global trends in private equity – a twice-yearly overview of the plans and opinions of Limited Partners worldwide. This edition contains findings on:

• Mega-trends influencing PE asset allocations
• Risks to PE returns
• Relative attractiveness of different countries/regions for PE investment
• The Biden-Harris Administration’s likely impact on PE
• Likelihood of a tech market correction
• PE asset allocation and returns
• LP plans for re-ups and new GP relationships
• The effect of ESG policy on PE returns
• ESG policy effectiveness and LP remuneration
• LPs’ work/life balance
• Secondary investment strategies
• LPs’ co-investment policies
• Private credit

We are pleased to share our 33rd Coller Capital Global Private Equity Barometer and its associated  press release. Coller Capital's Barometer is a unique snapshot of global trends in private equity – a twice-yearly overview of the plans and opinions of Limited Partners worldwide. This edition contains findings on:

• GP communications during the Covid-19 crisis
• Structural risks in PE portfolio construction
• PE investment opportunities in the current environment
• PE allocations and returns
• Co-investments
• LPs’ liquidity needs and the secondary market (including GP-led secondaries)
• ‘Take privates’ of public companies
• Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs)
• Business sector-focused strategies
• Ethnic diversity within PE
• Distressed and turnaround strategies – exposure, return expectations, default rates

We are pleased to share our 32nd Coller Capital Global Private Equity Barometer and its associated  press release.  Coller Capital's Barometer is a unique snapshot of global trends in private equity – a twice-yearly overview of the plans and opinions of Limited Partners worldwide. This edition contains findings on:

• The role of PE fund Advisory Committees (LPACs)
• Interactions between LPs
• Future levels of concentration in PE fund commitments
• The likely effects of geopolitical tensions on PE strategy and asset allocation
• Political risk in PE’s emerging markets
• ESG policy, climate change, and carbon neutrality
• LPs’ requirements for independent portfolio valuations
• LPs’ level of satisfaction with GP transparency
• LP usage of data aggregator services
• PE as a source of creative disruption
• Pervasiveness of buy-and-build expertise within PE
• The role and effectiveness of Operating Partners
• GPs’ use of EBITDA ‘add-backs’

We are pleased to share our 31st Coller Capital Global Private Equity Barometer and its associated press release. Coller Capital's Barometer is a unique snapshot of global trends in private equity – a twice-yearly overview of the plans and opinions of Limited Partners worldwide. This edition contains findings on:

• PE’s likely performance in an economic downturn
• Changes to PE fund terms and conditions
• Risks to future PE returns
• LPs’ planned responses to climate change
• Criticisms of PE by politicians and the media
• Investors’ co-investment strategies
• Likelihood and desirability of ‘retail’ investment in PE
• Private debt funds – commitments and challenges
• LPs’ level of access to their preferred GPs and funds
• Emerging PE markets
• Returns from – and appetite for – PE

We are pleased to share our 30th Coller Capital Global Private Equity Barometer and its associated  press release. Coller Capital's Barometer is a unique snapshot of global trends in private equity – a twice-yearly overview of the plans and opinions of Limited Partners worldwide. This edition contains findings on:

• Returns from, and appetite for, PE and alternative assets
• Sales of management company interests by GPs
• LPs’ appetite for new products from their portfolio GPs
• Attractiveness of additional, ‘non-contractual’ services offered by GPs
• GP-led secondary transactions
• LPs’ workload and activities
• Deal-by-deal carry vs whole-fund carry
• LPs’ and GPs’ ESG initiatives
• Views of ILPA and its future direction
• PE exits to public vs private markets
• Prospects for venture capital in China compared with the USA
• Attractiveness of space technology
• Consolidation and regulation in PE debt markets

We are pleased to share our 28th Coller Capital Global Private Equity Barometer and its associated  press release.  Coller Capital's Barometer is a unique snapshot of global trends in private equity – a twice-yearly overview of the plans and opinions of Limited Partners worldwide. This edition contains findings on:

• GP selection and fundraising dynamics
• LP performance and remuneration
• The pace of innovation in private equity
• LP investments in GP management companies
• GP-led secondary transactions
• Public-to-private transactions
• Attractiveness of funds-of-funds
• Performance of LPs’ private credit investments
• ESG considerations as investment criteria

We are pleased to share our 27th Coller Capital Global Private Equity Barometer and its associated  press release.  Coller Capital's Barometer is a unique snapshot of global trends in private equity – a twice-yearly overview of the plans and opinions of Limited Partners worldwide. This edition contains findings on:

• Returns from, and appetite for, PE
• LP's access to their favoured PE Funds
• Specialist GPs vs multi-product platforms
• Use of artificial intelligence in PE
• Women in PE
• Debt financing in buyout markets
• Co-investments and direct investing
• PE in China
• PE vis-à-vis systemic risks to the financial system

We are pleased to share our 26th Coller Capital Global Private Equity Barometer and its associated press release. Coller's Barometer is a unique snapshot of global trends in private equity – a twice-yearly overview of the plans and opinions of Limited Partners worldwide. This edition contains findings on: 

• Cybersecurity risks
• Returns from, and appetite for,
• PE Risks to future PE returns
• Opportunities for LPs from organisational change
• Investment opportunities in fintech and blockchain
• PE energy investment strategies
• Areas of focus for PE credit investments
• Opportunities in Japanese PE

We are pleased to share with you, the 25th Global Private Equity Barometer, and its associated press release. Topics in this edition of the Barometer include investors' views and plans regarding:

• The likely impact of Brexit on Europe and European PE
• LP investments in GP management companies
• Returns from, and appetite for, PE
• Long-term outlook for hedge funds
• Fund restructurings
• Recruitment within LPs' PE teams
• Co-investing economics
• ESG as a determinant of new fund commitments
• Attractiveness of emerging PE markets

• Returns from, and appetite for, PE
• Volatility in global markets
• Growth in ‘shadow capital’ within PE
• LP access to target GPs
• GP differentiation in various areas of PE
• PE commitments in emerging markets
• Implications of GPs’ dry powder reserves
• Performance of co-investments
• Fees and deal-by-deal carry
• PE’s public reputation
• LPs’ remuneration

• Returns from, and appetite for, PE
• Challenges faced when making co-investments
• Direct investments
• Risks to PE performance
• Impact of a possible Brexit on the performance of European PE
• The rise of special accounts
• The importance of corporate brand for PE firms
• Factors influencing LP decisions to commit to debut funds
• Emerging market PE exposure
• The outlook for PE in China
• Appetite for private debt

• Returns from, and appetite for, PE
• Investments in Oil & Gas PE funds
• Venture capital
• Debut GP funds
• Early bird discounts
• Co-investments
• Consolidation among LPs
• Secondaries
• The debt markets
• GP fund restructuring
• Prospects for European PE

• Returns from, and appetite for, PE
• Hedge fund commitments
• Investments in real assets
• The impact of new regulation on financial markets
• Direct investments
• DC pension schemes as a source of funding
• Gender diversity and PE returns
• Venture capital
• The debt markets
• The European economy
• The exit environment

• LPs’ returns & appetite for PE
• LPs’ willingness to back GPs on a deal-by-deal basis
• Fund terms & conditions
• GPs’ first-time funds
• Canadian vs US pension plans
• Attractive countries in Europe for PE
• Impact of AIFM Directive
• The debt markets
• Asia-Pacific PE market
• The secondaries market
• Venture capital & crowd-funding

• PE as an asset class after the financial crisis
• Return expectations & appetite for PE
• The risk of private vs public equity
• The appropriate level of hurdle rates
• The LP workplace
• Expectations for capital calls & distributions
• Direct investments & co-investing by LPs
• The secondaries market
• Regional PE markets
• Venture capital & innovation
• The debt markets

• LPs’ returns & appetite for PE
• Overhang of PE commitments & the effects
• of ageing dry powder
• Carried interest
• Operational improvement by GPs
• Deployment of cash on corporate balance sheets
• Attractive areas for GP investment
• Publicly quoted GPs
• Appetite for large buyouts
• Covenant-lite LBO debt
• Appetite for debt funds
• PE markets in Asia-Pacific, Europe and the MENA region

• The effect of performance-related pay on LPs’ portfolio returns
• LPs’ willingness to back GPs on a deal-by-deal basis
• LPs’ return expectations & appetite for PE
• Demand and supply in global PE markets
• LPs’ plans for their number of GPs
• Fundraising & due diligence since the crash
• Most attractive areas for GP investment
• LPs’ expectations on distributions
• The IPO market
• The debt markets
• Asia-Pacific PE market

• LP appetite for PE
• LPs’ VC returns from different regions
• The PE industry’s public reputation
• Separate accounts for individual LPs
• The exit environment
• Direct investments and co-investing by LPs
• Corporate venturing
• The secondaries market
• Impact of ESG principles on LP investment decisions
• Distressed debt
• Asia-Pacific PE market
• GPs’ transparency & risk management
• The global economic outlook

• LPs’ return expectations & appetite for PE
• Attractive areas for GP investment
• Pace of GP investment
• The attractiveness of the PE model
• Fund terms & conditions
• Fundraising & fund extensions
• ‘Zombie’ funds
• GP consortium deals
• Debt-related challenges for PE

• LPs’ returns & appetite for PE
• The exit environment
• The debt markets
• Dividend recaps
• GP survival
• GPs’ focus on operational improvement
• Sector-specialist PE funds
• The LP workplace and remuneration
• The secondaries market
• Asia-Pacific PE market

• LPs’ return expectations & appetite for PE
• Attractive areas for GP investment
• Distributions to LPs
• The PE market cycle
• PE funds-of-funds
• Venture capital
• Asia-Pacific PE market
• Impact of ESG principles on LP investment decisions

• LPs’ returns & appetite for PE
• Anticipated impact of tax/regulatory changes on returns
• Debt-related challenges for PE
• LP-GP alignment
• Planned number of GP relationships
• Direct investments by LPs
• Asia-Pacific PE market
• Size/robustness of the PE industry

• LPs’ returns expectations & appetite for PE
• The global economy and its impact on PE
• The secondaries market
• Pace of GP investment
• Attractive areas for GP investment
• Exit environment
• Distributions to LPs
• Placement agents

• GP survival
• LPs’ returns & appetite for PE
• Distributions to LPs
• Fund terms & conditions
• GPs’ transparency & risk management
• Exit environment
• PE valuations

• LPs’ returns expectations & appetite for PE
• The secondaries market
• Buyout funds’ performance multiples
• Pace of GP investment
• Attractive areas for GP investment
• Asia-Pacific PE market
• Middle East PE market

• LPs’ returns & appetite for PE
• Pace of GP investment
• Attractive areas for GP investment
• Distressed debt and mezzanine
• First-time PE investors in the future
• The market for LP talent
• The secondaries market
• Sovereign wealth funds

• Investors’ reactions to the recent PE controversy
• LPs’ returns expectations & appetite for PE
• Pace of GP investment in the short-term
• Emerging PE markets
• Direct investment by LPs
• First-time GPs
• Fund terms & conditions
• Obstacles facing European venture capital
• Attractive areas for GP investment globally

• LPs’ appetite for private equity and alternative assets 
• Gatekeepers/funds-of-funds 
• LPs’ returns 
• Secondaries market 
• Risks to the performance of large buyout funds 
• Distributions to LPs

• LP appetite for private equity and alternative assets
• Returns from private equity
• Factors important to LP success
• LPs’ willingness to ‘re-up’
• Environment for private equity
• Attractive areas for GP investment
• Take-privates
• Exit environment for GPs
• Distributions
• Initial Public Offerings (IPOs)
• GP investment pace

• LP appetite for PE and alternative assets
• Number of PE funds in LPs’ portfolios
• Returns from private equity
• Satisfaction with private equity performance
• Attractive areas for GP investment
• Buyout leverage multiples
• ‘Take-privates’ of quoted companies
• LPs’ willingness to ‘re-up’ with their current GPs
• Secondaries market
• Placement agents
• First-time funds
• Direct investment by LPs 

• Appetite for alternative assets 
• Appetite for private equity and hedge funds
• Satisfaction with private equity performance
• Distributions
• GP investment pace
• LPs’ 3-5 year return expectations
• LPs’ willingness to re-invest 
• LP plans for new GP relationships
• Access to GP funds
• LP concerns in the current fundraising environment
• LP investment in European VC
• Private equity in emerging markets
• The attractiveness of specific emerging markets
• Hedge funds investing in the private equity arena

• LPs’ planned allocations to private equity and alternative assets generally
• LPs’ access to private equity funds
• LP/GP relationships
• LPs’ willingness to reinvest 
• Attractiveness of private equity markets 

• Target allocations to private equity
• Investor appetite for alternative assets
• Commitments to private equity
• Investors recruitment
• GP relationships 
• Terms and conditions
• Performance measurement
• Valuations
• PE returns