Private Equity Spotlight
PEI Group
PEI Group’s ‘Private Equity Spotlight’ podcast illuminates the latest trends in private equity across fundraising, portfolio management, deals, regulation and more. Get a front-row seat with our award-winning journalists from publications including Private Equity International, Private Funds CFO, Buyouts and PE Hub, as they interview the industry’s biggest personalities and dig deep into the dynamics affecting LPs, GPs and service providers. Available wherever you get your podcasts.
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Oct 27, 2021 • 10min
What ever happened to opportunity zones?
They were billed as the next big thing in real estate fundraising and impact investing. Author David Wessel says they are not all they were cracked up to be.
Oct 18, 2021 • 7min
EisnerAmper‘s CEO on a possible ‘sea change‘ for the accounting industry
Charly Weinstein discusses the accounting firm's recent deal with TowerBrook, and how the business's new 'alternative practice structure' could shake up the industry.
Oct 13, 2021 • 7min
Is now the time to sell a portfolio?
As the global economy recovers and buyers bump up on their allocation limits on a glut of GP-led deals, the LP market is seeing a resurgence. Mike Custar and Jake Stuiver of White Plains-based secondaries advisory M2O discuss whether now is the ideal time to take an LP portfolio deal to market.
Oct 4, 2021 • 12min
How private debt has weathered the uncertainty around inflation
The economic bounce-back from covid came quickly, says Randy Schwimmer of Churchill Asset Management, which caused inflation to be on everyone's minds.
Sep 30, 2021 • 12min
SoftBank on foodtech: ‘Scale, scale, scale’
Investment director Angela Du says covid added urgency to the need to build supply chains for alternative proteins and cultured meat.
Sep 28, 2021 • 7min
IFM on infra debt’s success and the challenges ahead
Matthew Wade, IFM’s executive director for debt investments, explains approaches LPs are taking to the sector.
Sep 21, 2021 • 7min
Should you build your portfolio on secondaries?
Academic Cyril Demaria and Greenhill's Bernhard Engelien debate the role of secondaries in portfolio construction and what LPs should bear in mind.
Aug 19, 2021 • 8min
Can we cure the cyber-crime epidemic?
Hugh Thomson, managing partner at Crosspoint Capital, discusses the recently issued Executive Cybersecurity Order and its potential influence on B2B and B2C companies.
Aug 9, 2021 • 13min
How inflationary pressures are likely to play out in private equity
Nicholas Brooks, head of economic and investment research at ICG, discusses the biggest things GPs should be concerned about in an era of inflation and potential interest rate rises.
Jul 29, 2021 • 9min
The poor are 'profoundly absent' in impact investing conversations
Can private capital really solve the world's biggest challenges? Is there something wrong with the way private equity funds are raised? We discuss the rise and fall of Abraaj with Simon Clark, co-author of 'The Key Man'.
