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 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'.
Jul 27, 2021 • 7min
Former top SEC examiner names biggest risks to PE
Firms should focus beyond the Commission's 'hot topic' compliance issues and understand their own individual vulnerabilities.
Jul 20, 2021 • 10min
How covid halted strategic sophistication
Having paused, investors will once again begin expanding into more adventurous areas, says William Nicol of M&G.
Jul 13, 2021 • 31min
Is action living up to the rhetoric on gender diversity?
Journalists across the PEI stable share their insights on an issue that has become top of mind for private fund managers and investors.
