There’s a quiet revolution happening among sophisticated institutional investors and large pools of capital that could eventually up-end one corner of the private equity universe. A growing number of LPs are starting to turn away from allocating to the largest managers and towards experienced dealmakers who are starting their own shops – many of whom […]
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The firm’s founder and chief executive Elizabeth Weymouth spent 10 years as a partner at Riverstone Holdings after coming from JPMorgan where she oversaw $80 billion of client assets. The New York-headquartered firm boasts a set of senior alumni from Goldman Sachs, Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, McKinsey and Co., and Mercer Investments, among other brand-name […]
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The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the flight-to-safety fundraising trend resulting in big, established private equity firms attracting massive capital inflows in a short time. New managers, unable to meet limited partners in person and sidelined due to LP risk aversion during the pandemic, are dealing with a far bleaker fundraising reality. Last year was the worst […]
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Weymouth, who founded Grafine Partners and acts as Managing Partner and Chair of the Investment Committee, has been in the investment world for 25 years, building up two substantial investment platforms; one at JP Morgan Private Bank, and one at Riverstone. As such, thinking of investments as solutions to capital has been ingrained in her […]
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