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White papers
The Middle Seat: A Compelling Time for Middle-Market Buyouts
In most contexts, the middle seat is perhaps one of the most loathed places to be. However, if you are facing an investable landscape filled with growing uncertainty – and are (finally) convinced that trying to time the market is a bad idea – then a heightened focus on the middle-market buyout segment may be warranted. That is more than a ‘hunch’ or ‘gut-feeling,’ rather that statement is based on real private market data.
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Private Equity and Private Credit Have a Competitive Edge During Times of Inflation
Private markets have experienced explosive growth over the past two decades, accumulating nearly $10 trillion in AUM by the close of 2022. While this growth story has translated into intense interest in the asset class, there’s also been a healthy dose of skepticism among advisors and investors, particularly as we enter a more challenging and uncertain macroeconomic environment.
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A Conversation on the State of Private Markets in Asia
What does the current private markets landscape in Asia look like, particularly on the GP side?
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Q&A with Tom Kerr, Part III: Secondary Market Landscape
We are now mid-way through 2023, so we caught up with Head of Secondary Investments Tom Kerr to gain his perspective on the current secondary market environment.
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Q&A with Tom Kerr, Part II: Secondary Market Valuations
We are now mid-way through 2023, so we caught up with Head of Secondary Investments Tom Kerr to gain his perspective on the current secondary market environment.
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Q&A with Tom Kerr, Part I: Secondary Market Deal Activity
We are now mid-way through 2023, so we caught up with Head of Secondary Investments Tom Kerr to gain his perspective on the current secondary market environment.
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Is ‘Keeping Calm and Carrying On’ Enough to Fuel Growth within European Private Equity?
We suspect that is not quite how you expected us to describe the European investing environment in late 2022, but the economy has managed the shocks unleashed by both the pandemic and Russia’s aggression against Ukraine remarkably well.
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Predictably Unpredictable: Demystifying the Road Ahead
Unprecedented. Uncharted territory. Like nothing we’ve ever seen before.
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How High Is Too High | Are Infrastructure Valuations Grounded in Reality?
Headline valuations associated with infrastructure transactions have, for years, been subject to mockery, skepticism or a more subtle roll of the eyes, with airports, data centers and towers considered usual suspects. Although the nascent asset class has more or less gone mainstream, higher rates and macroeconomic uncertainty haven’t allayed such oft-cited concerns. So, what do we make of infrastructure valuations in today’s environment?
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Navigating the Juxtaposition | Challenges and Opportunities in Today’s Real Estate Market
The current market juxtaposition – with low vacancies and double-digit rent growth in certain sectors versus market volatility and reduced liquidity – creates a few challenges when it comes to determining the value of a real estate property in today’s rapidly shifting environment. In terms of property valuations, today’s market is feeling a bit like the gameshow, “The Price is Right.” With price discovery happening in real time, we are all determining our own estimates for what we think is “fair market value.”
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One Man’s Trash | Evaluating Environmental Infrastructure Assets
The concept of something having contradictory qualities depending on the eye of the beholder can be traced back to the first century B.C. Whether the Roman poet and philosopher Lucretius coined the expression, or merely repeated it, his is the oldest known reference: “Quod ali cibus est aliis fuat acre venenum” (what is food for one man may be bitter poison to others). You may be more familiar with the modernized adaptation: “One man’s trash is another man’s treasure.”
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Podcast
Episode 7 | Nayef Perry and Emily Nomeir - The Golden Age of Credit
Private credit has outperformed public credit for 21 of the last 22 years. Leaders on our Direct Credit team discuss the trends they are seeing, and why they believe this asset class is having it’s ‘moment.’