Deepak Agrawal, Co-founder and Managing Director of Gotham Consulting Partners, discusses the challenges that private equity firms face in attempting to professionalize the management systems of companies that need to move to the next level of growth.

Private equity firms “need to have an angle” with each portfolio company investment or they will fail to impress Brian Gallagher, a Partner at Chicago-based Twin Bridge Capital Partners.

David York, the CEO and Managing Partner of San Francisco-based venture fund of funds Top Tier Capital Partners, shares insights about the direction of venture capital.

Dealmakers are rarely this candid in discussing not only their proprietary methods for adding operating value, but also the lessons they’ve learned from botched investments.

David Turner, the outspoken Head of Private Equity for the The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America, describes his “heat-map” approach to investing.

A playback of the Privcap Webinar “Lessons From the Fundraising Trail” featuring Jim McGuigan of Capital International Private Equity Funds and MVision’s Hussein Khalifa.

An executive summary of the Privcap thought-leadership series on the changing dynamics of the general partner-limited partner relationship/

As the trend toward separate accounts takes shape, further changes will take place in the way investors allocate capital. Scott Higbee of Partners Group discusses the benefits of integrating allocations.

Scott Higbee, a Partner in global private investment management firm Partners Group, discusses the reasons why LPs are now more interested in separate accounts, and provides details on the trend and opportunities.

Topics discussed include the limits of macroeconomic growth in driving returns, the need for managers to create alpha, and more.

According to MVision CEO Mounir Guen, the allocation increases of big established limited partners will move the market more immediately than investments of new entrants to the market, such as sovereign wealth funds.

A conversation about the state of the fundraising market with placement expert Hussein Khalifa of MVision.

Three experts discuss the reasons behind, and consequences of, the LP desire for fewer GPs in the portfolio.

In an exclusive interview with Privcap, MVision Private Equity Advisers CEO Mounir Guen details the fundraising markets of Europe and the U.S., and explains why the shortage of experienced GPs in the emerging markets will cause investors to shift their attention to the world’s most-developed private equity opportunity.

Topics discussed in this program include the signs of sophistication among LPs, the critical importance of understanding illiquidity, new best practices in portfolio construction and investment pacing, and more.

PJ Viscio, Managing Director of Duff & Phelps and an expert on valuation issues, describes a changing private equity market in which information needs have increased.

Tom Speechley, Senior Partner of Abraaj Capital and Chief Executive Officer of Riyada Enterprise Development, discusses the effect of Middle East turmoil on investment opportunities and portfolio companies.

What does the year 2012 have in store for global private equity? Experts from Siguler Guff, BlackRock Private Equity Partners, The Jordan Company, and Neuberger Berman discuss core challenges and more.