Private equity buy-and-builds are on the rise, driven in part by rising multiples and increasing dry powder, but how are today’s add-ons different from before? PwC’s Friederich von Hurter and Filip Debevc discuss how firms can create maximum value from their acquisitions
To take advantage of the next downturn, companies must position themselves now, say Alvarez & Marsal managing directors Markus Lahrkamp and Jeffrey Klein.
The private equity industry is aware that regulatory risks can affect the approval, success and profitability of an investment. EisnerAmper’s Louis Bruno and data risk expert Matthew Bernstein discuss data privacy and how to manage the risks
Thoroughly assessing the CEO of a newly acquired portfolio company early and making necessary changes immediately is key to optimising value creation, says Shannon Gabriel of TBM Consulting Group
LPs are raising their hands to snatch a piece of the co-investment opportunity, but are they prepared for what follows?
AlpInvest Partners’ Wouter Moerel and Chris Perriello, managing directors and co-heads of the firm’s secondaries investment team, discuss growth in the secondaries market, why they don’t use leverage and what a worst-case scenario could look like.
As GP-led restructurings continue to increase momentum, Fadi Samman, Daniel Quinn and Aleks Bakic, partners with Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, consider how market practice is developing in a fast-moving space.
Single-asset transactions, a growing part of the secondaries market, can offer unique benefits to all parties, write Evercore’s Nigel Dawn, Francesca Paveri and Dave El Helou.
Popular offshore fund destinations are requiring more ‘substance’ and stiffer regulations. TMF Group’s Anastasia Williams discusses what this means for US mid-market GPs hunting for deals and investors globally.
Firms are having to work longer and harder to achieve attractive returns, but sourcing capital to drive growth late in a fund’s life can be challenging, says Tom Glover, head of fund finance, Investec North America.