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By Eduard von KYMMEL, Head of VP Fund Solutions*
In recent years, private equity has become increasingly important as an investment class. Investors and/or limited partners are seeking new models for investing in private equity assets. For this reason, minority stakes that are established directly in an operating company parallel to a private equity fund – so-called co-investments – are becoming increasingly popular.
Strong reasons for co-investments are the potentially superior risk-return profiles that investors can achieve through co-investments. This is due not just to the generally lower management fees of co-investments when investments are made in flagship funds, but also to the fact that such investments can be tailored to the...
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