HSBC Capital (Canada) CEO Dave Mullen on how his firm helps Canadian middle-market businesses go to the next level and develop greater non-Canadian revenue streams.

An exclusive conversation with AIMCo’s Leo de Bever, who shares his thoughts on Canada’s natural resources opportunity, his organization’s ambitions as a direct investor, and the importance of separating politics from investing.

Privcap founder David Snow speaks with Donald Gogel about how his firm, Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, has made operating talent core to its strategy for adding value, and about what kinds of corporate executives successfully make the transition to private equity investing.

EMI represents one of the biggest private equity losses ever, and it shares some interesting traits with previous big equity wipe-outs, writes David Snow

Brace yourself for the attack of the ‘value creation analysis template,’ a rigorous form of private-funds due diligence that asks investment managers to detail exactly where their returns came from, and an exercise that some managers find to be excruciating, writes David Snow

As hundreds of private funds reach old age, investors should beware the perverse incentives created by end-of-life misalignments, writes David Snow

Is your fund manager a true investment rock star or merely good at playing the role, asks David Snow