What You Should Know Before Starting a Career in Private Equity

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

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

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...
Deal Highlights: Sale of Cognita to Jacobs Holding

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

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

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...