Private Equity

OpEx Awards

Value creation in carve-out deals

With competition for deals intense and purchase price multiples reaching all-time highs, private equity houses are increasingly turning to corporate carve-outs to generate returns. PwC partner Tobias Blaser explains how to create maximum value from these non-core assets.

8 min read · 02 October 2018

The eight levers that generate growth

Nordic Capital’s Olof Faxander and Peter Thorninger explain how sharing a ‘commercial excellence toolbox’ has added value across the portfolio.

8 min read · 02 October 2018

OpEx Awards 2018: Carlyle's 'refocusing' of data centre group pays off

Itconic had no financial data when Carlyle took charge. But its turnaround was enough to bag the mega-firm the lower mid-market/small cap award in EMEA.

3 min read · 01 October 2018

OpEx Awards 2018: Riverside tastes success with cookies

The Riverside Company picks up the lower mid-market/small-cap award for the Americas for Tate’s Bake Shop.

2 min read · 01 October 2018

OpEx Awards 2018: Brookfield's ‘stunning improvement’

Brookfield Asset Management scoops the large-cap Americas award after it turns around loss-making GrafTech.

2 min read · 01 October 2018

OpEx Awards 2018: EQT Partners scores on the 'source code of sport'

A 'carefully crafted' M&A programme saw the sports statistics group grow hugely, winning EQT the Editors' Award for Europe.

3 min read · 01 October 2018

OpEx Awards 2018: KKR makes white goods brand sparkle

Qingdao Haier was able to pick up a GE unit with the firm's help, garnering it the Asia large-cap award.

2 min read · 01 October 2018

OpEx Awards 2018: Nordic Capital creates 'payments powerhouse'

The winner of the large-cap award for EMEA built a new type of player in Bambora.

3 min read · 01 October 2018

OpEx Awards 2018: LeapFrog Investments ensures growth for insurance broker

The portfolio company's focus on its poorer customers impressed the judges for the Editors' Award in Asia.

2 min read · 01 October 2018

OpEx Awards 2018: Apax delivers in digital

Apax Partners’ impressive growth strategy for GlobalLogic wins the Editors’ Award for the Americas.

2 min read · 01 October 2018

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