Although just about half of the LPs
in the study have had difficult conversations with GPs about performance,
nearly two-thirds said private equity is performing better than other
investments in their portfolio.
Good news for GPs on the fundraising
trail: LPs are optimistic about private equity and are planning to increase
their allocations to the asset class in the coming year 2014.
Nearly two-thirds of investors, interviewed for Duff & Phelps’ Alternative Investments Outlook 2013: Limited Partner Survey, said private equity is performing better than other investments in their portfolio. Approximately half of the respondents said private equity is beating their expectations.
The financial advisory and investment banking firm quizzed 100 LPs operating in Western Europe and North America. Two-thirds of them plan to reconsider their allocation to private equity in the next 12 months, 95 percent of which plan to increase their allocation.
“I expect a private equity investment boom is on the cards. We have already identified many funds in the US and Europe for new investments,” one US pension fund official said in the study.
Nearly two-thirds of investors, interviewed for Duff & Phelps’ Alternative Investments Outlook 2013: Limited Partner Survey, said private equity is performing better than other investments in their portfolio. Approximately half of the respondents said private equity is beating their expectations.
The financial advisory and investment banking firm quizzed 100 LPs operating in Western Europe and North America. Two-thirds of them plan to reconsider their allocation to private equity in the next 12 months, 95 percent of which plan to increase their allocation.
“I expect a private equity investment boom is on the cards. We have already identified many funds in the US and Europe for new investments,” one US pension fund official said in the study.
Nevertheless, 48 percent admitted
they have had difficult conversations with LPs about fund performance, with
many LPs expecting returns on 2012 investment vintages to fall below levels
achieved in the past.
In fact, 91 percent of respondents said they have been more vocal about fund investment strategies in the past 12 months. When allocating capital, transparency was named as a key concern by 70 percent of LPs. This transparency concerns with LP Investors is also evident in Funds with their Expenses, LP Investors are becoming more concerned about those higher Success Fees expenses paid to Placement Agents!
Within Western Europe, the Germanic countries were the most popular with investors. The economic environment, political uncertainty and price expectations remained the biggest concerns for LPs investing in the region. In addition, European investors were more optimistic about Southern Europe than their North American counterparts, the study showed. 72 percent of European LPs said they would be likely to invest in funds with exposure to Southern Europe, compared to only 40 percent of North American investors.
“Countries like Greece, Spain and Italy are very unsafe for private equity investments and we are not considering any investment,” a vice president at a US pension fund said in the study.
But it is not just American LPs that remain wary about Southern Europe. Francesco Di Valmarana, a partner at Pantheon Ventures, expressed similar concerns in a recent interview with PEI.
John Denes
CEO
REO Capital, LLC
Detroit, MI USA
London England UK
www.reocapitalllc dot com
johndenes at reocapitalllc.com
248-313-9966
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