PEI Staff

Focus on operations 2005-12-01 Staff Writer Private equity firms apply differing approaches to the enhancement of operations at portfolio companies, but this important aspect of value-add appears to be heavily front-loaded, according to a recent survey from New York-based consulting firm Gotham Consulting Pa

Political giving is good, but the road to bad publicity and regulatory change is often paved with well intentioned campaign contributions. By David Snow

The European private equity market today is barely recognizable from that of a few years back - and yet terms and conditions, particularly regarding preferred return and carry, are in many cases failing to recognize this. By Ray Maxwell

As the wins and losses of private equity become more visible to - and influenced by - the public eye, GP firms are finding more reasons for keeping a communications crisis management strategy on hand. By Judy Kuan

Rather than using W&I insurance merely to minimize post-closure transactional risk, increasingly private equity investors are applying it as a risk management tool to gain a strategic advantage in M&A negotiations. By Judy Kuan

The management company advisory board is, to some, a vital aid to entering new markets, but to others an unnecessary luxury. By Andy Thomson

When a new private equity firm is born, a new back office system needs to grow up alongside it. Australia's Ironbridge Capital found this to be ‘extremely complex.’ By Andy Thomson

INDUSTRY FRONTLINE 2005-12-01 Staff Writer Alvarez & Marsal recruits PE proGlobal turnaround consulting firm Alvarez & Marsalhas hired Jack McCarthy as managing director and co-head of the firm's transaction advisory group. Based at A&M's New York office, McCarthy w

The bidding may be over, but the analysis has just begun. Post-transaction reviews are increasingly de rigueur among private equity firms keen to learn lessons from victory or defeat. By Andy Thomson

RAISING ELEVATION PARTNERS' DEBUT FUND INVOLVED HELPING LPS GET COMFORTABLE WITH A ROCK STAR.