What You Should Know Before Starting a Career in Private Equity
Working in private equity is an exciting and highly competitive field, but it’s also highly rewarding. Private equity firms pay big for their talent, and it’s little wonder why. Altogether, PE firms manage nearly $1 trillion in assets, which means even the smaller...
How Private Equity Is Changing
The growth of private equity has been one of the most significant changes to capital markets since the 19th Century. Over the past year, the private equity industry itself has seen massive change thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic that swept the world, geopolitical...
How Technology is Changing Private Equity
Technology is changing rapidly and dramatically in the world of private equity. Private equity firms can only outperform if they understand uncertain futures with greater insight than their rivals. They have to handicap the probability of different outcomes in a...
How to Transition Employees When Buying a New Business
A change of control is almost always a cause of anxiety to staff. Instead of this becoming a hindrance to transferability and integration if two business operations are being combined, a buyer can do several things to ensure a smooth changeover. Give careful...
Deal Highlights: Sale of Cognita to Jacobs Holding
Cognita grew from just one school to become one of the largest K-12 school groups in the world. The sale of Cognita to Jacobs Holding in 2018 followed a remarkable journey of international growth. Learn more about Cognita and details of the deal below. About...
Tips to Prepare Your Management Team for Acquisition
Managers are the nuts and bolts that keep a business together. They ensure that every deal, whether major or minor, is legitimate, accurate and completed on time. The following tips are available to prepare any management team for a proper acquisition. Explain...
How Private Equity Firms Hire CEO’s
Chief Executive Officers play a major role in steering corporations in the right strategic direction. Private equity firms and companies invest heavily in finding the right CEO. Over the years, there has been a paradigm shift in the qualifications that private equity...
A Breakdown of the Noteworthy QA Deal by EMK Capital
In 2018, the annual Private Equity Awards (Real Deals Awards) recognized the top performers in the private equity industry throughout Europe. These awards are amongst the most highly regarded awards in the PE industry because they are presented and voted on by an...
Private Equity Terms
Private equity investing has always been the realm of the seasoned investor, with the major players being institutional investors. However, more recently there have been increased access points for an expanded base of investors to get into private equity. The main...
The Differences Between Private Equity and Venture Capital
Private equity and venture capital investing are similar in that in both cases, investors are putting very large sums of money into private companies, with the hope of increasing the value of their initial investments. Private companies are firms that are not traded...