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LP Sentiment Update: views on fundraising and returns

Category: Press coverage Year: 2020
21 May 2020
Bain & Co article on private equity and Covid-19 features data from Campbell Lutyens' recent survey of LPs

The article, Covid-19 Hits Private Equity: The Early Data is Not Pretty, includes research from Campbell Lutyens' LP Sentiment Update on both fundraising and returns.

The survey reflects feedback Campbell Lutyens has gathered from more than 240 LPs over the past two months and provides insights into how investors' perspectives have changed as the Covid-19 crisis has unfolded.

Notably, of the LPs surveyed, the number who plan to continue with 'business as usual' when making fund commitments has decreased from 50% in March to 34% in April.