Brian Murphy, a senior partner at alternative investment advisory firm Portfolio Advisors, details the rise of the secondaries market from the 1990s to the present day. Plus – the growing trend toward GP-led secondary transactions, often in the form of ‘continuation funds.’

Three advisors to the specialty finance industry describe a private equity and M&A market driven by an expectation that financial technology innovations will transform this often-misunderstood branch of financial services. Jim Chester of KBW and Brandon Hollis and Hersh Shah of RSM give their definitions of “specialty finance” and discuss the substantial overlap with the…

An in-depth interview with two veteran investors in US farmland. Dan Little and Gabe Santos of Homestead Capital discuss farmland as a hedge against inflation, how the firm maximizes the value of the farms in which they invest, how retiring farmers lead to deal flow, the fragmentation of the market, how to choose the right…

A former senior executive from Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (OTPP) discusses the mission of the firm he co-founded.

An interview with New Mountain founder Steve Klinsky.

The head of services investing for global private equity firm Permira discusses how the opportunity has changed thanks to the advance of disruptive technology. Philip Muelder also discusses Permira’s transformation of governance and risk specialist Duff & Phelps, the rise of “bots” (also known as Robotic Process Automation), how services business have fared during the…

Three veterans of the life sciences private equity and M&A market share intel about dramatic changes in the industry.

Two veterans of the Florida-based private equity firm describe their successful investments in, respectively, a primary care clinic and a dermatology business. Dan Florian and Stephen Cella of Sun Capital Partners also discuss the effects of COVID on the healthcare industry, the growth of telehealth, winning versus challenged business models as healthcare evolves, and patient empowerment. 

The founder of a major private equity firm discusses his project to lower the cost of college education.

A veteran sports-business investment banker and the CEO of an NHL team discuss sports gambling being brought “out from the darkness” as a major business opportunity.

Three veterans of the life sciences private equity and M&A market share intel about dramatic changes in the industry.

Sports as an important force in society

A former senior executive from Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan discusses the mission of the firm he co-founded

Interview with the founder of New York-based private equity firm New Mountain Capital.

Behind the increasingly institutionalized ownership of major sports teams.

The increasingly institutional ownership of major sports teams

Holden Spaht of Thoma Bravo discusses how he built his career at a major private equity firm, software as a unique sector focus, the benefits (or not) of an engineering degree, and the prevalence of tennis talent at his firm.

Cas Schneller of San Francisco private equity firm FFL discusses the importance of strategic HR, the game change in corporate training, the rise of collaboration tools at work and the changed culture of business travel.