In the future, private equity professionals will struggle to remember a time when pricing wasn’t high on the value creation agenda, say Simon-Kucher’s Mark Billige and Adam Echter
The pandemic has underlined the power of digitisation in the private equity industry, says Intertrust Group’s Chitra Baskar
The economic and financial stress of living alongside a pandemic has created risk and opportunity for lenders. Joel Holsinger and Keith Ashton of Ares’ alternative credit team consider what it means for alternative credit providers
While debt is cheap, debt issuance looks set only to continue to rise through 2021, says Ocorian’s Alan Booth.
As mid-market focus moves from portfolio health to new opportunities, funds are finding lenders in a collaborative mood, say Baker McKenzie’s Michael Fieweger and Andrew Sagor
The value in the range of liquidity options available to private equity managers lies in their bespoke nature. Details of the offered terms and their practical operation should be carefully scrutinised, write Katie McMenamin and Ed Ford.
Turbulent times have typically been periods of plenty for private equity secondaries players as assets trade at a discount and limited partners seek liquidity. Yet not all opportunities are created equal, says Partners Group’s Evelyn Zhang.
IHS Markit’s Clayton Albertson on how digital tools can help managers address increasing complexity and demands for data, particularly during times of volatility
When Ardian agreed to acquire Cérélia, little did it know it would be completing the deal in a pandemic. Ardian’s Thibault Basquin and Cérélia’s Guillaume Réveilhac share the story of the deal and what comes next
Accelerating demographic and tech trends make Africa a strong investment proposition, says Helios Investment Partners’ co-founder and managing partner Tope Lawani