CFOs and COOs have to think outside the box but, warns MSREI’s Global CFO Michael Levy, you can’t please everybody. So be disciplined in your goals.

An expert Q&A with Colin Sanderson of McGladrey.

Private equity valuations: when do you know it’s time to upgrade your methodology?

Michael Rogers, EY’s Global Deputy Sector Leader, discusses how 2013’s strong economic forecast performed for global IPOs and how 2014 looks.

An expert interview with Albert Tan of Haynes and Boone.

How capital-commitment financing helps private investment firms function more efficiently.

In this issue of Private Equity Performance, experts from Cambridge and ILPA discuss a record year for distributions, VC and energy performance

What ingredients do emerging managers need to succeed at raising a fund? It all starts with passion.

What Century Bridge learned from raising its first-time fund targeting Chinese real estate.

Richard Jaffe, a partner at Duane Morris LLP, says that PE firms are entering perilous times on three fronts: enforcement, regulation and fundraising negotiation.

Making your CFO wear a CCO hat won’t work.

Pine Brook chose a spot in the oil industry that it felt was underserved and built a company from the ground up. The New York-based firm recently sold that company, Global Oil Field, to Halliburton.

Latin American fundraising environment for private equity discussed by Cate Ambrose and Juan Savino of LAVCA.

Many GPs who see success in one strategy become eager to expand their firms by raising new funds in new strategies. But how do they convince their LPs that this is the right move?

Too few investors understand the math behind profit distributions — here are some ways to ease the pain.

In partnership with EY, Privcap presents an executive briefing of thought leadership series on the private equity opportunities in Africa.

Will returns from this asset class ever return to its glory days? This panel of experts say VC performance is at a turning point.

Rich Salute of CohnReznick on what crowdfunding means for small to medium-sized business across the PE and RE space.