Private Equity International, is the flagship monthly magazine published by PEI Media

PEI Media

PEI was founded in London in November 2001 by a team of managers from the financial media group Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC. The company was originally funded by a number of US-based investors. It is an independent media company....

, a London-headquartered financial media group dedicated to global alternative asset classes.

Referred to as PEI within the private equity

Private equity

Private equity, in finance, is an asset class consisting of equity securities in operating companies that are not publicly traded on a stock exchange....

 industry, the magazine consists of global news, features, comment and analysis on private equity and its practitioners. One of its most popular elements is "Privately Speaking", an in-depth conversation with key industry figures such as Damon Buffini, Stephen Schwarzman, Martin Halusa, Howard Marks

Howard Marks

Dennis Howard Marks is a Welsh author and former drug smuggler who achieved notoriety as an international cannabis smuggler through high-profile court cases, supposed connections with groups such as the CIA, the IRA, MI6, and the Mafia, and his eventual conviction at the hands of the American Drug...

, Kevin Landry, William Macaulay and Sameer Al Ansari. PEI also features extensive interviews with heavy hitting limited partners like the California State Teachers' Retirement System and TIAA-CREF

TIAA-CREF

Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association – College Retirement Equities Fund is a Fortune 100 financial services organization that is the leading retirement provider for people who work in the academic, research, medical and cultural fields...

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Each year the magazine publishes a proprietary list of the world's largest private equity firms, dubbed the PEI 50 .