GPs are increasingly viewing environmental, social and governance considerations through a value-add rather than a purely value-preservation lens.
Recent economic and geopolitical events have laid bare the importance of ensuring supply-chain and procurement strategies are both optimised and robust.
As portfolio companies navigate labour shortages, talent strategies are becoming ever more crucial to the successful execution of value-creation plans.
Technology and data are playing an increasingly wide-ranging role in growth initiatives, with AI opening up even more avenues of possibility.
High inflation has prompted sponsors to place more focus on pricing, with many making increased use of data analytics to inform their strategies.
Portfolio company support and oversight provide the foundation for operational improvements and growth.
Acquisitive strategies can provide benefits through cycles, while downturns offer additional opportunities for market consolidation and expansion.
Pillars of value creation numbered one to seven
In the face of rising headwinds and competition, private equity firms are shoring up areas that could have an outsized impact on portfolio company growth
Energy Capital Partners has been acquired by Bridgepoint Group in a deal worth £835m. With ECP, Bridgepoint adds an infra leg to its PE and credit businesses.
Leaf cutter ant
Average MOIC and annual revenue and EBITDA growth for US small- and mid-cap deals have outperformed those for businesses at the larger end of the spectrum, says Andrea Auerbach at Cambridge Associates
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