PEI Staff
Countryside advice from Final Close.
Since 2004 the mere mention of the winged insect has struck fear – or at least mild annoyance – into the heart of private equity professionals everywhere, but could it be due a rehabilitation?
Profound differences remain between the way that European and US private equity managers administer their funds, says Shankar Iyer, CEO of Viteos.
The US public pension has backed a Europe-focused fund.
A ‘hazardous market’ of high leverage and high pricings is a sign to invest in a low volatility asset, according to panellists at sister publication Private Debt Investor’s New York Forum.
Heightened investor expectations are forcing fund managers to review their operations, says Ross Ellis, managing director at SEI.
The next step in the evolution of operational value creation should be dubbed the ‘portfolio approach’, says Fredrik Henzler of Partners Group.
Updating operations to the latest technology can create high-impact returns for portfolio companies and provide much-needed support for hard-pressed finance chiefs, explains Gavin Backos, a principal at RSM.
Portfolio companies need to be agile to ensure that they don’t lose out to rivals when Britain leaves the European Union, say Mark Essex and Mike Mills of KPMG.
Adding operational focus to the deal team is an essential part of designing a value creation plan.