Disruption Matters: Building sustainable growth engines
PE firms earn sky-high returns not just for a portfolio company’s current performance, but its potential to thrive for years after their ownership. That’s why they need to build sustainable growth engines, and in this podcast, we discuss how to generate the kind of growth that translates into those stellar IRRs.
Disruption Matters: Launch codes for 2026
As the year draws down, it’s time for PE firms and portcos to start charting a better path to growth in 2026. In this podcast, we look at the hard questions they need to be asking themselves around costs, working capital, benchmarks and accountability.
Disruption Matters: The innovation factor
It may get plenty of lip service from the C-suite, but innovation is not simply an ideal. It’s a vital element of any growth strategy. In this podcast, we’ll share the rules of the road in building and sustaining growth-centric innovation.
Why industrials are back on PE’s radar in the age of AI
In this podcast, Brookfield’s Anuj Ranjan and David Bonasia discuss why a sector that many investors overlook is actually brimming with fresh tech-driven opportunities
Thinking of skipping a vintage? Listen to this first
In this episode of PEI's Private Equity Spotlight podcast, Tim Yates, Commonfund OCIO's president and CEO, discusses the three core principles private markets investors should consider before pausing capital deployments to PE.
Should semi-liquids charge 2 and 20?
In this episode of PEI's Private Equity Spotlight podcast, Goodwin partner and co-chair of its UK business Ajay Pathak discusses the applicability of drawdown fund fee structures on evergreen vehicles and the logic behind tying incentive fees to both realised and unrealised NAV.
Disruption Matters: Winning the digital race
Given volatility and the increasingly competitive landscape, growth is a necessity for any enterprise to withstand the storm. In this episode, we’ll explore how best to deploy today’s revolutionary tech to drive growth at portfolio companies.
Bain’s David Gross on how to invest in periods of heightened volatility
In the latest episode of PEI's Spotlight podcast, the co-managing partner at the $185bn private equity firm discusses what tools effective investors need during times of uncertainty.
Disruption Matters: Cultivating growth-first leadership
Given the volatile and increasingly competitive market landscape, growth is crucial for any enterprise trying to withstand the storm. In this episode, we explore how to find and develop leaders bold enough to go on offence while others are waiting on defence.
PEI 300: What’s behind private equity’s fundraising plateau?
In this podcast, PEI's Helen de Beer, Adam Le and Hannah Zhang discuss the growth flatline seen in the 2025 edition of the PEI 300 ranking.
Disruption Matters: Orchestrating change in disruptive times
Season four of this miniseries delves into how private fund managers are driving ‘weatherproof growth’ and thriving in a turbulent world amid macroeconomic uncertainty, political upheaval and the AI revolution.