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Welcome to the latest edition of Private Equity Spotlight, the Private Equity Spotlight monthly newsletter from Preqin providing insights into private April 2011 equity performance, investors and fundraising. Private Equity Spotlight combines information from our online products Performance Analyst, Investor Intelligence, Fund Manager Profi les, Funds in Market, Secondary Market Monitor and Deals Analyst. The Missing 1,500 PE Investors Of the 4,300 institutional investors in private equity tracked by Preqin, 1,500 are April 2011 not considering new private equity fund opportunities. Why are so many investors Volume 7 - Issue 4 staying out of the market? Will they be coming back? Do they represent good opportunities for secondary market buyers? Our feature article reveals all. Page 3 FEATURED PUBLICATION: Preqin News Exclusives The 2011 Preqin Private Equity Secondaries Review Each month Preqin’s analysts speak to hundreds of investors, fund managers and intermediaries from around the world, uncovering vital, exclusive intelligence. This The 2011 Preqin Private Equity Secondaries Review month’s News Exclusives features important updates on KKR, Barclays and more. Page 10 Fundraising Assignment More information available at: www.preqin.com/secreview Using the Preqin Investor Intelligence database our analysts undertake a fundraising assignment for a fi rst time European mid-market buyout fund seeking €500mn in commitments. Our Long List reveals just how many investors are interested in a fund of this type, with the Short List detailing specifi c institutions believed to represent the best prospects. Page 8 London: Equitable House, 47 King William Street, The Facts London, EC4R 9AF +44 (0)20 7645 8888 Fundraising - fi nal fundraising stats for Q1 2011. Page 13 New York: 230 Park Avenue, Funds in Market - make-up of funds on the road going into Q2 2011. Page 14 10th Floor, New York, NY 10169 Deals - buyout deals and exits in Q1 2011. Page 15 +1 212 808 3008 Performance - performance fi gures from the latest data. Page 16 Singapore: Samsung Hub, Conferences - private equity events. Page 17 3 Church Street, Level 8, Singapore 049483 +65 6408 0122 You can download all the data in this month’s Spotlight in Excel. w: www.preqin.com Wherever you see this symbol, the data is available for free download on e: [email protected] Excel. Just click on the symbol and your download will begin automatically. You are welcome to use the data in any presentations you are preparing, please cite Preqin as the source. Twitter: www.twitter.com/preqin LinkedIn: Search for Preqin alternative assets. intelligent data. Fundraising to the next level We have a successful track record in raising capital for private equity and real estateoUPV IURPDURXQGWKHZRUOG Our ability to differentiate our clients in a highly FRPSHWLWLYHPDUNHWDQGRXUORQJVWDQGLQJ UHODWLRQVKLSVZLWKDFWLYHLQYHVWRUVLQ1RUWK $PHULFD(XURSH$VLDDQGWKH0LGGOH(DVWDUH NH\WRRXUVXFFHVV :HDUHSDUWQHUVZLWKHDFKRIRXUFOLHQWVKHOSLQJ WKHPUHDFKWKHQH[WOHYHOLQIXQGUDLVLQJ ZZZFVSOSFRP North America 2QH*DOOHULD7RZHU1RHO5RDG'DOODV7H[DV +1.972.980.5800 Europe *UDQG5XH1\RQq6ZLW]HUODQG +41.22.365.4500 Asia 6XLWH0HWUREDQN7RZHU<DQ$Q;,/X6KDQJKDLq&KLQD +86.21.6124.2668 Securities placed through CSP Securities, LP Member FINRA/SIPC Feature Private Equity Secondary Market Download Data The Missing 1,500 PE Investors: Why are they missing? Will they come back? Are they selling? Of the 4,300 investors in private equity funds that Preqin tracks 1,500 are not currently considering new private equity investment opportunities. Helen Kenyon investigates why, and whether they represent opportunities for secondary market buyers. The past few years have seen some signifi cant shifts in the attitudes Of the 1,500 investors Preqin is currently tracking that are not of institutional investors towards private equity. Investor confi dence actively making new commitments, a third have decided to place suffered in the wake of the fi nancial crisis as a result of uncertainty their investments on hold for a period of six months or more, but in the market and reduced valuations of portfolio holdings. intend to recommence investments within the next two years. Fig. 2 shows a breakdown of this group of investors by type of institution. Of the 4,300 investors in private equity funds that Preqin tracks, a signifi cant 1,500 past investors have revealed to us that they An example of an investor in this group is Dai-Ichi Life Insurance, are not currently considering new investment opportunities or are which placed its investments in alternatives, including private equity, over-allocated to the asset class. Although this is bad news for GPs on hold in 2008, but expects to start making new commitments to seeking capital for new funds, these investors represent a relatively private equity funds at some point this year. It intends to commit untapped source of potential deals for buyers of fund interests on $50 million to two or three funds by the end of 2011. the secondary market. A third of the 1,500 missing investors are therefore set to return to In this article, we explore the reasons why these LPs are not the asset class within the next couple of years. This is good news investing in the asset class and assess the likelihood that they will for GPs planning to start raising funds in the next year or so, and recommence investments in the future. We also investigate how they may fi nd it benefi cial to contact these investors now to begin likely these investors are to sell fund interests on the secondary to establish a relationship with them ahead of the commencement market and whether they represent good targets for secondaries of full-scale fundraising efforts. players. Investors in this category are not, however, such good targets for Investors on Hold secondary market buyers. Few of these investors intend to offl oad stakes in funds on the secondary market, though there are some Investors that placed their investments on hold during the worst exceptions. Esterad Investment Company is one such LP. It has of the fi nancial crisis are gradually returning to the market. Our not added any new private equity funds to its portfolio in the past December 2010 Investor Outlook report found that, of the investors couple of years, but has found that the denominator effect has left it planning to make new commitments to funds in 2011, 18% are over-allocated to the asset class. As a result, Esterad is considering investors that did not make any commitments in 2010 (see Fig. 1). selling private equity fund stakes during 2011. Fig. 1: Amount of Capital Investors Plan to Commit to Private Equity Fig. 2: Investors That Have Placed Their Private Equity Investments on Funds in 2011 Compared to 2010 - December 2010 Survey Results Hold Split by Type Source: Preqin Source: Preqin 3 Private Equity Spotlight, April 2011 © 2011 Preqin Ltd. www.preqin.com Feature Private Equity Secondary Market Download Data Over-Allocation to Private Equity Over the past couple of years, we have seen an increasing number of investors exceed their targeted level of exposure to private equity. 2nd Annual Alternative More than 200 LPs are known to have current allocations to private equity that exceed their Investments Summit target allocations. 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It has Cashing in on Commodity Inflation with a Manager Futures Program set aside $245 million for new commitments in Opportunities in Distressed and Credit Markets the 2011 fi scal year, signifi cantly less than the Plus, a special pre-conference workshop: Tail-Alpha: New Strategies for Managing Portfolio Tail Risk $1-1.2 billion set aside for new commitments in the 2010 fi scal year. Visit us at A small proportion of investors are now over- www.iglobalforum.com/2alternatives allocated to private equity as a result of a decision to reduce the level of their exposure to private equity. Pennsylvania State Employees’ Retirement System For example, WLD Enterprises, a family offi ce, does not plan is one such investor. It has 25.1% of its total assets in private equity to make new commitments to funds over the next few years as but intends to gradually reduce its exposure over the longer term to it is exceeding its 15% private equity target allocation, and is 15% in order to divert capital to other types of investment, including considering a secondary market sale in order to rebalance its fi xed income. portfolio. While not all investors that are over-allocated to private equity will LPs No Longer Investing in Private Equity stop making new investments in the asset class, for many this will be the case. Although this makes them poor targets for GPs Preqin currently monitors more than 800 investors that have some raising new vehicles, secondary market players may fi nd it worth previous exposure to private equity but that have opted to cease contacting them about the possibility of selling interests in funds in investment in the asset class for the foreseeable future.