Differentiating your firm from the pack is essential in a crowded fundraising market. Experts from MVision Private Equity Advisers and Pine Brook discuss best practices that help win over investors.

Differentiating your firm from the pack is essential in a crowded fundraising markets. Experts from MVision Private Equity Advisers and Pine Brook Partners discuss best practices that help win over investors.

Failing to conduct IT due diligence can make or break your investment strategy warns Dave Noonan and Jonathan Caforio of RSM US LLP

Karin Lagerlund of HarbourVest Partners discusses the importance of transparency and how to streamline reporting to investors.

Experts from RSM, Manhattan Venture Partners and Second Alpha Partners discuss why valuation policies today need to be thorough.

The fundraising market is growing increasingly crowded, and GPs need to stand out to be successful. Experts from MVision and Lime Rock Partners explain how to differentiate your firm.

The rise in pension fund allocation to alternatives has outpaced a pension board’s ability to understand the asset class.

John Hague of RSM explain how the firm services hedge fund clients.

Experts from MVision Private Equity Advisers and Lime Rock Partners discuss the most effective ways for GPs to stand out when meeting with LPs.

Investor relations is an important part of being a successful GP—and traditional marketing can be a useful tool for differentiation in a competitive landscape.

A conversation about competition, leverage, and relationship dynamics in the secondaries market.

Z Capital’s managing director and operating partner Tim Clayton says the most important investment a company will make is in human capital.

A recent study shows that certain oil and gas plays are benefiting from big cost reductions in production. This should cheer some PE players who have not shied away from the E&P sector.

LPs say they want to reduce the number of GP relationships, but a flood of capital is making it harder. Eaton Partners’ Jeff Eaton explains.

Private equity funds in Africa raised a record amount of capital in 2015—51 percent more than the previous year. This is largely due to its growing middle class and the increasing need for more resources.

RSM’s Dave Noonan explains one area of focus in his firm’s Rough Order of Magnitude due diligence service, designed to help private equity clients quickly predict the costs of a carve-out transaction during the critical pre-deal phase.

Key trends in emerging markets private equity in 2015.

Breaking down the private equity trends from 2015 with MVision’s Mounir Guen.