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For private equity investors, the beginning of 2013 looked much the same as the end of the preceding three years—flat and directionless. But as we explain in this year’s Global Private Equity Report, early signs point to a PE upswing. Credit markets are robust, M&A activity is on a rebound and long-term PE returns outpace those of all other asset classes.
The harsher realities of raising new funds and the downward pressure on returns have given general partners and limited partners powerful incentives to try new approaches.
With its steady growth and global pressure to rein in costs, the healthcare sector has all of the symptoms of an attractive private equity play.
Strong fund-raising activity by private equity funds targeting the energy industry suggests that investments will be plentiful over the coming years.
By investigating past successes and failures, private equity firms can lay a strong foundation for future funds, investments and performance.
Private equity funds eager to sell aging portfolio holdings may soon find new opportunities to reap capital for investors.
Private equity limited partners may be ready to increase new commitments enough to jolt fund-raising out of the flat trend it has been in since 2009.
Differences in economic outlook across the globe will sharpen the regional flavor of investment activity.
A major breakout in PE deal making hinges on a comeback of the public-to-private deals that dominated PE’s last cyclical peak and have been so notably absent since the global financial crisis.
In the absence of a major economic shock, prospects are good that 2013 will be a better year for private equity than preceding ones.
As private equity enters 2013, the industry is poised to benefit from strengthening fundamentals.
To win in this space, investors will need to unlock the returns found in complex deals, reshuffle strategies across sectors and geographies and boost returns by staying involved in assets post-close.
After an uncertain start to 2012, the contours of a new future for private equity are finally coming into sharp focus.
Firmly established as a credible source of patient capital in India, PE is setting off on a new journey of prudence in investing and sophistication in creating value out of its assets.
Our new 2012 report, written in partnership with the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China concludes that private equity brings economic growth and a more innovative and green economy to China.
A look at healthcare investment trends in 2011 and what awaits investors in 2012 and beyond.
The region is now firmly fixed on the maps of global PE investors.
Nearly every major PE firm has been active in the consumer goods sector, and with good reason: reliable cash flows, familiar brands and constant opportunities to make the everyday things we buy a little more profitable.
PE firms that actively intervene in their portfolio companies deliver better returns.
Favorable PE conditions are rooted in a healthy wariness born in the excesses of the recent past.
Leverage, multiples and GDP growth are no longer enough to propel returns.
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