I have been fielding these same questions from my GP, LP and other industry colleagues: • “What do you think about the ILPA Principles?” (soft voice) • “How do you think it will affect my business?” (worried voice) • “They don’t...
It seems my industry colleagues have been wrongly optimistic and also hyper cynical. At least that is the bottom line of the read I get in comparing the analysis of the 2nd annual Semaphore Confidence Survey with last year’s results. And some people have very...
Is 2011 a Wasteland or Playground? It seems my industry colleagues have continued to be wrongly optimistic about their personal income against a backdrop of continued and decided lack of confidence in the economy and their national governments. That appears to be the...
Hello, Do you expect to make more personal compensation next year than this year? Feeling more confident or less confident in the President’s Economic team? Your thoughts on Newt or Mitt? Annually we ask our readers to weigh in and share their level of confidence in...
But our LPs are very happy that we don’t have summer tans. This is the fifth edition of our summer blast. OK, it should be titled “Some Sand Between Our Toes”. We’ve actually had the fortune of enjoying both a busy period and a highly efficient...
Apocalyptic Future or Salvation? A few days ago Luisa Beltran of PE Hub asked whether and what we should call the now popular appellation “Zombie Funds”. I responded to her with the following: “Here at Semaphore we call them “clients”. No need for a pejorative...
