Unquote’s Harriet Matthews and Rachel Lewis discuss how and why GPs are looking to harness additional and alternative pools of capital for their fundraises in the current market, with a guest interview with Thomas Eskebæk, CEO of private markets platform Titanbay.

The Unquote reporting team discuss key issues that have arisen for the European private equity market in Q1 2023, including how sponsors are addressing liquidity challenges and the outlook for venture and growth activity.

With ESG at the forefront of the mind of many GPs and LPs, funds editor Harriet Matthews and ION Analytics EMEA M&A and ECM head of analytics William Cain share their thoughts on the topic, accompanied by a guest interview with Bain Capital’s Ivano Sessa on portfolio company Fedrigoni.

Following the eighth edition of the IPEM conference in Cannes, Harriet Matthews and Min Ho share what they gleaned from their conversations with market participants there, looking ahead to how this is likely to shape the private equity industry in 2023.

With sponsors looking to bypass challenging debt markets and macroeconomic uncertainty, funds editor Harriet Matthews hosts private equity reporter Rachel Lewis to discuss how the dynamics of auction processes and GPs’ approach to exits shifting in the current market environment.

With 2022 drawing to a close, the Unquote and Mergermarket private equity reporting team shares insights on how the market is shaping up for 2023, covering fundraising, sector trends and special situations opportunities.

Unquote explores the growing prevalence of impact investing in the European private equity and venture capital market, with a guest interview from Pål Erik Sjåtil, CEO and global managing partner at impact growth capital investor Lightrock.

Unquote looks into the growing GP-led secondaries market and speaks to Ed Ford and Sacha Gofton-Salmond, partners at law firm Travers Smith, about the market perception of GP-leds and the structuring of these deals.

Unquote speaks to Bregal Milestone’s Cyrus Shey and HPE Growth’s Manfred Krikke about the European growth equity landscape, how this has changed over time, and what it means to be a growth equity investor.

Unquote hosts Sun European Partners managing director Mark Corbidge to discuss the development of the GP's strategy and where its priorities lie in 2022.

Once again, the Clearwater International Multiples Heatmap reveals that average entry multiples broke new records in Q3, on the back of a still-buoyant M&A market. Deal-makers shrugged off concerns about inflation, supply chain constraints and rising Covid-19 cases to propel European PE activity to near-record highs.

With Covid-19 prompting a prohibition on international travel, and social-distancing guidelines making many entertainment business models unviable, the tourism and leisure sector was one of the hardest hit in 2020.

Unquote hosts Cebile Capital founder Sunaina Sinha to discuss the firm's journey following its tie-up with Raymond James, and the key trends at play in the global fundraising and secondaries landscapes.

The private equity industry has been doubling its efforts to implement ESG into their business practice, from fundraising, to investment strategies, and even codifying reporting. Can a fund domicile markedly impact that strategy?

Adam Turtle, co-founder and partner at placement agent Rede Partners, joins the podcast to discuss the firm's journey over its first decade and the main trends in the European fundraising landscape.

With the publication of the Q2 2021 Clearwater International Multiples Heatmap, Unquote invited members of Clearwater’s executive team to speak in depth about the trends that the report identified in European private equity entry multiples.

Deep-tech investing expert, IQ Capital co-founder and current BVCA chair Kerry Baldwin sits down with Unquote editor Greg Gille for a wide-ranging discussion in this week's episode of the Unquote Private Equity Podcast.

With some regions in Europe posting record-breaking results for private equity activity, the industry has shown a resilience and adaptability to cope with the pandemic that is the envy of many business sectors. Fundraising remains frothy, buyouts are coming thick and fast, and the exit window appears to have reopened, now that the economic jitters have subsided.

With private equity fund managers raising more than €120bn in the first half of 2021 alone, it seems appetite for the asset class has never been more abundant. That being said, a massive amount of that capital was raised by a small number of heavy-hitters, indicating the oft-remarked bifurcation in the market was not corrected by the pandemic’s disruption.

With the publication of the Q1 2021 Clearwater International Multiples Heatmap, Unquote invited members of Clearwater’s executive team to speak in depth about the trends that the report identified in European private equity entry multiples

With the private equity market more bifurcated than ever, and as established name brands capture an ever growing share of capital allocations, is there any hope for plucky new funds on the block? How can LPs be enticed to back these emerging managers? What level of support do new GPs need, and what practical considerations can be overlooked?

Following a year of intense disruption, has Jersey remained a haven of stability for the funds industry in 2020? What will the sustained appetite for alternatives allocation, coupled with greater transparency requirements, mean for the jurisdiction’s prospects? And what inroads is the local finance industry making when it comes to ESG?

As the pandemic took hold in 2020, private equity managers shifted their focus away from making new investments and instead sought to buffer their portfolio from Covid's economic impacts. However, for those businesses with recurring revenues, there was considerably less damage to manage.

In this special episode, Unquote editor Greg Gille speaks with Jan Kengelbach, a partner in charge of portfolio operations at BC Partners, about how to drive growth at an operational level.

With the publication of the Q4 2020 Clearwater International Multiples Heatmap, Unquote invited members of Clearwater’s executive team to speak in depth about the trends that the report identified in European private equity entry multiples