How PE firms can best distinguish themselves: buy-and-build and strong deal sourcing
By Nadim Malik and Brenden Gobell, Sutton Place Strategies As private equity and M&A activity [...]
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The most important – and difficult – action that new portfolio company CEOs must take
By JP Flaum, Green Peak, and Jeff Warren, Russell Reynolds New CEOs often come into [...]
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Top 5 factors to consider before the next downturn
By Michele Kovatchis, Antares Capital It’s been a quiet time for workout teams, with the [...]
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Investing in China’s space dream
By Wayne Shiong, China Growth Capital On Jan. 3 China marked space history by landing [...]
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Forming a healthy relationship between PE and healthcare
By Dan Shoenholz and Peter Gates, EY-Parthenon, Ernst & Young LLP In the healthcare sector, [...]
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The case for a long-life African infrastructure fund
By Surya Mohan, Endeavor Energy Holdings The African-infrastructure-investment landscape has been full of promise for [...]
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A playbook for making a critical portfolio-company hire: the CFO
By Kevin O’Neill, Acertitude While “greed…is good” was the manifesto of Gordon Gekko, the iconic [...]
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Skills shortage fuels corporate e-learning and PE interest
By Alex Hicks, MHT Partners Remember when a college degree was a ticket to a [...]
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Why regulatory due diligence is essential in healthcare PE transactions
By Jeffrey Mittleman and Jenna Schapiro, Holland & Knight Your target is a physician or dental [...]
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Managing the sponsor, CEO and CFO triangle: rules for success
By Fred Crawford and Ted Bililies, AlixPartners We’ve all seen relationship triangles before — in [...]
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PE’s record in healthcare worth defending
By Angela Humphreys, Bass, Berry & Sims PLC Private equity has had an overwhelmingly positive [...]
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The mostly dead merger (and its unexpected integration issues)
By Gary Appelbaum, Accordion Articles on why mergers fail are ubiquitous, (cue the Google search). Each [...]
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U.S. building products: untapped potential for PE
By Nick Gaidai Often overlooked by private equity players due to its cyclicality, the U.S. [...]
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Private equity’s energy moment
By Richard Aube, Pine Brook To the casual observer, late 2014 through 2017 was a [...]
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Co-Investments: protecting your investment
By Lisa Peterson, Akin Gump Fund sponsors see co-investment opportunities as a way to mitigate [...]
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Better deal-sourcing trend continues
Increasing emphasis on deal origination as a core competency in private equity translated into better [...]
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Ten best practices for #MeToo due diligence
By Andrew K. Jennings, Ekdesk With #MeToo emerging as a distinct risk category in M&A, [...]
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Despite the rise of e-commerce, brick-and-mortar retail ain’t dead yet
By Patrick Crocker, MHT Partners It’s a well-worn adage among investors on Wall Street that [...]
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