Mary Kathleen Flynn
Mary Kathleen (MK) Flynn joined PEI Media as Editor-in-Chief of PE Hub in 2021. She leads the content for the Hub and covers all things private equity-related, especially transactions, trends and dealmakers. She has covered private equity and M&A for 15 years. Most recently, she was the Editor-in-Chief of Mergers & Acquisitions, a role she served in for a decade. Previous positions include Senior Editor/Senior Video Producer, The Deal; broadcast Reporter at CNN and MSNBC; and Associate Editor at U.S. News & World Report and PC Magazine.
Thanks to the evolution of a robust private market ecosystem that includes private credit, secondaries and unprecedented amounts of capital, companies are growing bigger and staying private for longer than ever before. Nevertheless, the dream to go public is still very much alive.
'What comes next requires more price discipline, a focus on operational value creation and a back-to-basics mindset for the private equity industry,' Sambur tells affiliate title PE Hub.
Glynn will be a featured speaker at PEI Group’s NEXUS 2025 summit in Orlando, 10-12 March.
Hunter Point Capital has acquired stakes in Pretium Partners, Coller Capital, Inflexion, L Catterton and The Vistria Group.
Featured thought leaders at the March 2025 event also include KKR's Pete Stavros, Thoma Bravo’s Orlando Bravo and EQT's Suzanne Donohoe.
'The cash that is sitting in private equity will have to be put to work,' the Thoma Bravo co-founder said in this NEXUS 2025 preview interview. 'Capital needs to be returned to LPs.'
Individual investors will demand a more sophisticated customer experience with better ease of access and improved transparency, Hirsch tells PE Hub.
The alternatives giant is building an in-house tool that ‘has the potential to intelligently augment our investment process using generative AI', according to its chief technology officer John Stecher.
While PE deal value was down, the number of deals was up slightly, suggesting more activity focused on the lower mid-market, according to data from LSEG.
For many private company owners, 'covid took the wind out of their sails and the fun out of running their businesses. They are ready to move on'.