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Chart of the Month: Dispersion of Returns by Strategy
November 22, 2019

Chart of the Month: Dispersion of Returns by Strategy

Each bar represents the dispersion of returns as measured as the difference in IRR between top and bottom quartile funds Historically, the difference in investing with bottom quartile managers instead of those in the top quartile in private markets is approximately 15% The purple dot represents the median IRR for[...]
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Bridging the Data Gap between GPs and LPs – Key Takeaways
November 19, 2019

Bridging the Data Gap between GPs and LPs – Key Takeaways

On Wednesday, November 6th, Cobalt & MVision Private Equity Advisers co-hosted an event around how GPs and LPs can bridge the data gap. This event featured Jim Strang, Managing Director and Head of EMEA for Hamilton Lane, and Chris Davison, Partner at Permira, discussing the attraction of European investments, the[…]
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How Limited Partners are Embracing Data and Technology
November 6, 2019

How Limited Partners are Embracing Data and Technology

Learn more about how limited partners are embracing data and technology in today’s private markets by partnering with Hamilton Lane and Cobalt LP for: Running diligence on potential investments by leveraging the power of Hamilton Lane’s Fund Investment Team for qualitative and quantitative evaluation. Continuous monitoring of their active investments[…]
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Chart of the Month: Private Equity IRR by Vintage Year
October 25, 2019

Chart of the Month: Private Equity IRR by Vintage Year

Private markets often use IRR as a performance metric to measure returns over a fund's life Quartiles break down the IRRs, ranked least to greatest, for each vintage year by 25% increments of each grouping Historically top quartile funds generate significantly higher returns than bottom quartile funds Returns during the[...]
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Chart of the Month: Leverage Multiples Across Vintage Years
September 27, 2019

Chart of the Month: Leverage Multiples Across Vintage Years

The above chart shows how leverage multiples can dramatically impact the overall gross IRR of a deal: the highest IRR's come in deals with a 6x-8x leverage multiple (Acquisition Net Debt/EBITDA) the lowest volatility returns in deals come from investments made with a 4x-6x leverage multiple which is expected
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Chart of the Month: Infrastructure Returns in Private Equity
August 23, 2019

Chart of the Month: Infrastructure Returns in Private Equity

Cobalt’s August Chart of the Month explores private equity infrastructure returns.
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Capital Raised by the 20 Largest Closed-End Funds
July 19, 2019

Capital Raised by the 20 Largest Closed-End Funds

The 20 largest funds raised each year have represented a larger portion of total private markets fundraising, but we are still off peak levels.
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Chart of the Month: Distribution Pacing
June 24, 2019

Chart of the Month: Distribution Pacing

Learn more about the distribution pacing within private markets from the first half of 2019 using Hamilton Lane’s proprietary data.
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Turning Point in Private Equity: Affecting LPs and GPs
June 18, 2019

Turning Point in Private Equity: Affecting LPs and GPs

The key takeaways from Hamilton Lane’s Digital Transformation in Private Equity Webinar, which addressed this turning point for LPs and GPs.
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The Digital Transformation in Private Equity
June 4, 2019

The Digital Transformation in Private Equity

The digital transformation in private equity is upon us as many LPs are turning to technology platforms to keep up.
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