Too many business leaders lack a clear and granular understanding of profitability, but a few organizations are visualizing profits in startling detail.

As margins shrink, private equity houses are rediscovering the vital importance of operational due diligence.

Deal activity was on track for another record-setting year, until the wheels came off.Read the full 2023 Global Private Equity Report, below:https://www.bain.com/insights/topics/global-private-equity-report/

Behind the scenes at Davos, attendees were coming to terms with a fracturing world, a cascade of risks and, despite it all, a silver lining.Today on Dry Powder, Karen Harris, managing director of Bain's Macro Trends Group, shares her key insights from Davos and how private equity investors are dealing with the emergent risks and opportunities of a multipolar world.Listen to her previous appearances on Dry Powder, below:Macro Risks: Everything, Everywhere, All at Once Macro Risks: Keep It Simple

Private equity firms are racing to build out their Web3 capabilities, from deal sourcing to diligence to the bleeding edge of tokenization fund management.  Further Reading: For Digital Assets, Private Markets Offer the Greatest Opportunities

Investors have been funding a massive build out of Web3 infrastructure, despite the turmoil over the past year.Further ReadingWeb3 Could Rewrite the Rules of User IdentitySnap Chart: How Much Is Web3 Disrupting Your Industry? 

In part two of our interview with the CEO of Titanbay, we discuss the regulatory and behavioral hurdles that have prevented private equity from accessing roughly half of the world's sources of capital — and to what extent digital platforms can lower those barriers to entry.

We asked the CEO of Titanbay how digital platforms could open up private equity deals to a whole new class of investors.

Hg’s Matthew Brockman describes the technological trends that could reshape the workplace for decades to come.

Hg’s Matthew Brockman explains how sector specialization can deliver surprisingly stable returns.