Claire Smith

Funds management

DDO prompts Schroders to cut PE fund minimum

Schroders will cut the minimum investment limit in its Specialist Private Equity fund to better match what an appropriate portfolio allocation will be, due to design and ...

Funds management

Inflated valuations are not trickling down to private equity

With speculation in the market of rising interest rates, Schroders’ Claire Smith thinks private equity funds will cope better with volatility than a comparable portfolio ...

Funds management

Schroder PE fund added to three platforms

Schroder’s Specialist Private Equity fund has been added to Macquarie Wrap, uXchange and Explore Wealth....

Funds management

PE immunises super funds from valuation noise

Private equity is based off fundamentals and this can eliminate valuation noise coming from listed markets, according to Schroders. ...

Funds management

Activity in PE secondary market to pick up in H2

The activity in the private equity secondary market is expected to pick up in the second half of the year, after a period of a slowdown during the recent months, accordin...

Expert Analysis

Why private equity, why now?

Private equity has grown substantially in scale and accessibility in recent years, writes Claire Smith, so why may now be a good time to be looking at opportunities in pr...