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The PEI team pored over more than 200 nominations to find this year’s class of 40 future leaders in the private equity industry.
As volatile credit markets, rising interest rates and choppy M&A activity buffet the PE industry, tech-enablement of GP operations is becoming increasingly important for sense-checking deal valuations.
PEI asks what has unblocked the deal pipeline and explores how firms are getting transactions across the line.
Today’s dealfow dynamics offer a rich source of value-creation potential for investors in Japanese private equity, says Mark Chiba at The Longreach Group.
Japanese PE firms can contribute to the local economy by investing in industry consolidation, say J-STAR’s Hideaki Sakurai, Kazumasa Ohara and Takashi Fukui.
As economic and geopolitical concerns permeate, GPs are arming themselves against fundraising uncertainty.
A clear, well-executed strategy that focuses on customer needs can help portfolio companies come out of challenging environments stronger, say senior advisers to CD&R funds Sir Terry Leahy, Jim McNerney and David Taylor.
Data analytics, ESG and take-privates will all feature heavily as private equity firms seek to create value in the years ahead, say Glenn Mincey and Carole Streicher of KPMG.
Private equity’s resilience and innovation have allowed it to continuously meet the needs of GPs and LPs, say Proskauer’s Monica Arora, Howard Beber and Nigel van Zyl.
A renewed focus on value creation and specific verticals may pay dividends for tech investments despite market volatility.