Private equity gets defensive: a global lawyers perspective
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by Ross Butler
2w ago
With a deal drought across the global private equity industry, we talk to Chris Field of global law firm Dechert about what’s next for M&A and buyout deal flow for 2024. We discuss valuations and defensive deal structures as vendors and buyers find ways to come together. Top quote: “I have never worked on an ..read more
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Private equity in Africa. A conversation with Stephane Bacquaert
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by Ross Butler
2w ago
Private equity is a great way of investing in uncertain, high growth environments. Strange then, that the African private equity industry is so small. In fact, Stephane Bacquaert of Adenia Partners argues that the Western, established private capital industry has systematically misunderstood the African opportunity, and in particular its risk profile. In this Fund Shack ..read more
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Repackaging private equity, with Henry Freeman
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by Ross Butler
2w ago
Private equity fund managers are racing to find structures that will allow small private investors to invest with them. Meanwhile governments are introducing ELTFI and LTAF structures to encourage retailisation. Henry Freeman has been working at the nexus of public and private equity for two decades. And he has concerns. Henry is founder of the ..read more
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Avoiding moral hazard in private markets, with Daniel Zwirn
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by admin
2w ago
Daniel Zwirn is CEO of Arena Investors LP. In this episode of the Fund Shack private equity podcast, he talks to Ross Butler about the opportunities in private markets, and how to prosecute them in a way that truly aligns incentives with underlying investors. [00:00:16] Ross Butler: You’re listening to fund Shack. I’m Ross Butler ..read more
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Hans Lovrek on private equity’s ancient precedent
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by admin
2w ago
Hans Lovrek stumbled on Medieval Florentine documents that showed structures were being used to align interests in ventures with high information asymmetry that were uncannily similar to today’s limited partnerships. Through a method of historical institutionalism, Hans demonstrates how the same techniques have been used to solve similar problems, down the ages, and that today’s ..read more
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A deep tech VC on the state of innovation
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by Ross Butler
2w ago
Yaron Valler is a founder of venture capital firm Target Global and was part of the team that invented Intel's Pentium Processor ..read more
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Prosecuting a mid-market healthcare strategy, with Livingbridge
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by admin
2w ago
Sanjay Panchal is a partner at Livingbridge, a leading international growth capital investor, where he specialises in healthcare ..read more
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Where next for private credit?
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by Ross Butler
2w ago
Marcus Maier-Krug is partner at Arcmont. He has worked in private credit since pre-GFC ..read more
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How Advent International creates value
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by Ross Butler
2w ago
Alejandro Alcalde Rasch is a senior director in Advent International's portfolio support group ..read more
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Why governments get venture wrong
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by Ross Butler
2w ago
Alejandro Alcalde Rasch is a senior director in Advent International's portfolio support group ..read more
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