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The private equity (PE) model is well established. PE investors analyse hundreds of companies and opportunities in detail before buying a minority or majority stake in a good company, which they manage over a few years with the goal of achieving a profitable exit. Rarely do PE funds deal with write-offs, and PE-owned companies in distress are known to do
Private equity is seeing unprecedented capital inflows from institutional investors, amid sustained low-interest rates, return compression across traditional asset classes and concerns that the longest-running bull market in post-war history may soon end. A new product has attracted a meaningful slice of those allocations – private equity funds with a lifespan of 15-20 years.
Many investment firms go beyond leveraged buyouts to build sector-specific investment ecosystems. When PE giant KKR created Emerald Media, a $300 million equity-based platform, in
Claudia Zeisberger, a professor focused on private equity at French business school INSEAD, discusses her work and how a new generation entering private equity might
A discussion with Kevin Lu, Chairman for Asia at Partners Group and Distinguished Fellow at INSEAD’s GPEI. In 2010, INSEAD’s Global Private Equity Initiative (GPEI)
The right private equity partner can play a significant role in this process by opening doors, improving processes and facilitating a smooth generational handover. Family firms account for 70% of GDP globally and 60% of global employment and are key drivers of economic growth and business innovation.
Claudia Zeisberger, an award-winning professor at world-renowned business school INSEAD, initiated the launch of the school’s Global Private Equity Initiative in 2008. Now, the Senior
As family offices grow in Asia, issues such as institutionalization and succession planning are becoming more important in the region, according to recent findings from INSEAD.
The model and workings of the Private Equity (PE) has evolved over the years. The image of vultures seeking to prey on underperforming companies with steady cash flows in heavily leveraged transactions and riding the investment out to a successful exit has developed to one of highly proficient transformation agents seeking to impact businesses at critical junctures of their development.
Some 41 years ago, George Roberts, Jerry Kohlberg and Henry Kravis pulled together US$120,000 to form their first private equity (PE) fund. There were no such funds in those days and nobody else appeared to be doing what was then called leveraged buyouts. Little did they know that they were starting an industry.
GOOD investment opportunities are extremely sought after and privately-owned businesses make increasingly attractive targets. For family businesses in South-east Asia, the option of “cashing out” or (partially) selling the business has become an intriguing option worthwhile exploring.
If a California venture capitalist were to take a New Yorker’s view of Asia, it might look something like this – Japan in the foreground, China looming at the top, India rising in the far distance and then the “flyover” states of Asean dotting the middle ground.