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Commentary
Why Aurelius’ Body Shop deal caused a stink
February 20, 2024Aurelius’ recent The Body Shop debacle is a good example of why PE has a bad reputation where beloved high-street brands are concerned.Article
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Portfolio Management
PE firms rely on organic growth for returns
October 22, 2023Private equity is relying exclusively on the profitability of high-quality portfolio companies.Article
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Endowments & Foundations
MIT, Columbia endowments post negative returns for PE, VC portfolios
October 18, 2023Early returns for the fiscal year 2023 indicate mixed results for some of America’s most prominent school endowment funds.Article
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Fund Performance
GPs grapple with costly convenience of capital call credit lines
September 19, 2023Higher interest rates have made capital call credit lines more expensive, prompting GPs to exercise greater discretion when utilizing these facilities.Article
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Portfolio Management
Private equity faces painful choices over distressed assets
September 18, 2023PE firms will need to decide how to prop up struggling investments or if they may be better off giving them up altogether.Article
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LPs
Resigning Calpers CIO led private equity charge
September 17, 2023Calpers CIO Nicole Musicco leaves a legacy as a short-lived leader and staunch proponent of private market exposure.Article
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PE Exits
PE’s portfolio markdowns show no signs of letting up
July 11, 2023Even as public markets experience a bull run, US PE firms are continuing a slow campaign of markdowns amid financing challenges and dwindling exit opportunities.Article
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LPs
Climate-focused Congruent Ventures closes $300M continuity fund
April 18, 2023Institutions with climate risk embedded in their portfolios are looking to mitigate their exposure by investing in climate tech.Article
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Portfolio Management
PE firms are holding on to winners longer
February 27, 2020PEGs are finding more ways to hold on to promising assets longer while keeping investors happy.Article
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Portfolio Management
PE firms aren’t keeping portfolio companies as long as they used to
January 23, 2020The median holding time of private equity assets is continuing to decline—and it’s now down to 4.9 years, according to PitchBook’s 2019 Annual US PE Breakdown.Article
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Portfolio Management
Clash with management decimates Deadspin in PE’s latest media drama
October 31, 2019When politicians such as Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders pan the private equity industry for placing too much debt on companies, laying off workers and using tax loopholes to turn a quick profit, Great Hill Partners is not the first firm that typically comes to mind.Article
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Media
PE’s dust-up with Deadspin highlights risk of digital media investments
September 2, 2019What happens when a private equity firm partners with a proudly snarky media company that has made a living poking fun at the establishment? Look no further than the recent drama at Deadspin.Article
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Private Equity
The Lost Years: The cost of failing to assist CEOs with revenue growth in Year 1
May 22, 2016In a post for PitchBook, Blue Ridge Partners managing partners James R. Corey discusses how PE firms should prioritize revenue growth initiatives earlier into the holding period.Article
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Private Equity
Q&A: Discussing the evolving role of the portfolio company CFO with Accordion Partners
May 19, 2016The CEO of Accordion Partners talks about how the role of a portfolio company CFO has changed, the macro PE shifts driving those changes, and what PE may have in store for CFOs in the future.Article
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Private Equity
Strategic planning at portfolio cos.: helping management get on the right path
June 22, 2015By providing analytical leverage, thought partnership and process roadmap support during the strategic planning process, PE professionals can sharply increase the likelihood that a portfolio company’s strategy is robust, pragmatic and executable, writes Blue Ridge Partners managing director Tory Ramaker.Article
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Private Equity
The current state of PE portfolio management
February 12, 2015To conclude our series on PE portfolio management strategies and how they have evolved over the past several years, here is a summary of key themes from our Q&As with industry experts, as well as some contextual data and analysis.Article
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Private Equity
Q&A: Bertram Capital’s Hellier Talks PE Portfolio Management and Evolving Strategies
February 3, 2015David Hellier of Bertram Capital shares his thoughts on the current state of PE portfolio management strategies, as well as their evolution over the past few years.Article
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Private Equity
Q&A: Riverside’s Ron Sansom Talks PE Portfolio Management Strategies
February 2, 2015Ron Sansom is a Managing Partner and the Global Executive Operating Partner at The Riverside Company, an international private equity firm. Ron leads Riverside’s global team of more than 20 operating partners. In our ongoing series of Q&As and analysis concerning private equity portfolio management, he generously shared his thoughts on the current state of PE strategies, as well as their evolution over the past few years:Article
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