The private equity (PE) market is bouncing back, with deal activity picking up thanks to clearer economic indicators and better financing options. Despite this dealmaking boost, exits are slower, posing challenges for investors and firms. The tech sector stands out, attracting significant PE interest due to favorable financing conditions, signaling a trend of increased tech-focused deals ahead.  Visit https://www.ey.com/pepulse to view this quarter’s summary.    Key takeaways: PE deals...

In this episode on the NextWave Private Equity Podcast, Matt Brown Founder, CEO and Chairman of CAIS, joins Bridget Walsh to discuss how technology can unlock private wealth for private equity.   Technology is revolutionizing the private wealth market, enabling independent advisors to access alternative investments and compete with larger firms. Founder, CEO and Chairman of CAIS, Matt Brown, shares his platform's role in streamlining the investment process and the importance of education...

Pete Witte, EY Global Private Equity Lead Analyst, explores the key themes and market dynamics from Q2 2024 that are top of mind for Private Equity (PE) investors. PE Pulse is a quarterly report and corresponding podcast miniseries that provides analysis and insights on private equity market activity and trends. Visit https://www.ey.com/pepulse to view this quarter’s summary.  In this episode, Pete Witte, EY Global Private Equity Lead Analyst, explores into the market environment for...

Pete Witte, EY Global Private Equity Lead Analyst, explores the key themes and market dynamics from Q1 2024 that are top of mind for Private Equity (PE) investors. PE Pulse is a quarterly report and corresponding podcast miniseries that provides analysis and insights on private equity market activity and trends. Visit https://www.ey.com/pepulse to view this quarter’s summary.  In this episode, we will provide a quick rundown on some of the trends and the themes that we're seeing in the...

In this episode, Avi Kalichstein, co-founder, and CEO of investment firm Hunter Point Capital, joins our host Bridget Walsh, EY Global Private Equity Leader, to discuss the growing market for GP stakes.

In this episode, Flor Kassai, Head of the Buyout Fund at Inflexion Private Equity Partners, a leading mid-market private equity fund, joins our host Bridget Walsh, EY Global Private Equity Leader, to discuss the evolving middle market landscape.

 In this episode, Oi-Yee Choo, CEO of ADDX, joins our host Bridget Walsh, EY Global Private Equity Leader, to discuss tokenization and democratization of private markets.

Pete Witte, EY Global Private Equity Lead Analyst, explores the key themes and market dynamics from 4Q 2023 that are top of mind for Private Equity (PE) investors. PE Pulse is a quarterly report and corresponding podcast miniseries that provides analysis and insights on private equity market activity and trends. Visit https://www.ey.com/pepulse to view this quarter’s summary.  In this episode, we will provide a quick rundown of how last year shook out and some of the things that we expect...

Software’s been a powerful theme for PE investors for much of the last decade, representing between one-quarter and one-third of total PE deployment. David Humphrey, Partner in the Technology, Media & Telecommunications Vertical and Co-Head of Bain Capital’s North American Private Equity business, discusses the philosophy into investing in the tech space.

Pete Witte, EY Global Private Equity Lead Analyst, explores the key themes and market dynamics from 3Q 2023 that are top of mind for Private Equity (PE) investors. PE Pulse is a quarterly report and corresponding podcast miniseries that provides analysis and insights on private equity market activity and trends. Visit https://www.ey.com/pepulse to view this quarter’s summary. In this episode, Pete reviews PE deal activity, which continues to accelerate while visibility into interest rate...

Pete Witte, EY Global Private Equity Lead Analyst, explores the key themes and market dynamics from 2Q 2023 that are top of mind for Private Equity (PE) investors. PE Pulse is a quarterly report and corresponding podcast miniseries that provides analysis and insights on private equity market activity and trends. Visit https://www.ey.com/pepulse to view this quarter’s summary. In this episode, Pete reviews the recent PE landscape and modest uptick on European resurgence.

Pete Witte, EY Global Private Equity Lead Analyst, explores the key themes and market dynamics from 1Q 2023 that are top of mind for Private Equity (PE) investors. PE Pulse is a quarterly report and corresponding podcast miniseries that provides analysis and insights on private equity market activity and trends. Visit https://www.ey.com/pepulse to view this quarter’s summary.  In this episode, we will provide a quick rundown of what we’re seeing in the private equity space. All the...

In this episode of the NextWave Private Equity podcast, Bridget Walsh, EY Global Private Equity Leader, will be discussing the entrance of retail investors in the private equity market with Jenny Johnson, CEO of Franklin Templeton.

In this episode, Mark Benedetti, Co-Head of Ardian US, joins our host Bridget Walsh, EY Global Private Equity Leader, to discuss the growing role of secondaries in the private equity market.

Pete Witte, EY Global Private Equity Lead Analyst, explores the key themes and market dynamics from 4Q 2022 that are top of mind for PE investors. PE Pulse is a quarterly report and corresponding podcast miniseries that provides analysis and insights on private equity market activity and trends. Visit https://www.ey.com/pepulse to view this quarter’s summary.  2022 was an incredibly dynamic year for the private equity (PE) industry, characterized by growth, innovation, creativity and the...

Pete Witte, EY Global Private Equity Lead Analyst, explores the key themes and market dynamics from 3Q 2022 that are top of mind for PE investors. PE Pulse is a quarterly report and corresponding podcast miniseries that provides analysis and insights on private equity market activity and trends. Visit https://www.ey.com/pepulse to view this quarter’s summary.  The PE sector continued to experience a number of cyclical headwinds in the third quarter, as rising interest rates, growing...

Greg Schooley, EY-Parthenon US Value Creation Leader, joins Winna Brown to discuss what tasks PE is outsourcing across business functions such as finance, IT, HR and customer service to create value. The path to successful value creation in private equity (PE) today goes beyond typical levers such as G&A cost-cutting, sales force effectiveness and strategic sourcing. It’s about an approach that leverages digital tools including automation, strategic outsourcing and advanced analytics. ...

Pam Jackson, CEO of Level20, joins Winna Brown to reveal how mentorship programs can help women build long-term careers in PE.  According to a report that EY teams recently published on diversity, equity and inclusiveness (DEI), the private equity industry’s ability to meet stakeholder demands, access capital, win deals and compete for talent is increasingly contingent on progress against DEI metrics. Talent management has become the number two strategic priority across PE firms of all...

In this episode, Laura Grattan, Managing Director at Crosspoint Capital, and Jeff Vogel, Head of the Software Strategy Group at EY-Parthenon, join Winna Brown to explore how PE firms can position themselves to win tech deals in today’s highly competitive market. Contact Laura: [email protected] Contact Jeff: [email protected] According to the latest EY PE Pulse report, 2021 was the year of the tech deal: 30% of total capital deployed last year was allocated to...

To the NextWave Private Equity audience: Since February of 2020, just before the covid-19 pandemic uprooted all of our lives, the EY global private equity team has turned to this podcast series to discuss the topics and insights that are top-of-mind for our audience of PE executives and practitioners. From the bottom of my heart, thank you! For listening, for giving us your time and for trusting us to deliver best-in-class perspectives. Over the next couple of months, we will re-publish...

Maha Eltobgy, Chief Sustainability Officer and Managing Director at Brightstar Capital Partners, joins Winna Brown to explore how operating executives can effectively communicate the value prop of ESG at the portco level. ESG is top of mind for PE executives right now. According to the 2022 EY Global Private Equity survey, ESG is one of the top four strategic priorities listed by PE firms. 42% of the largest fund managers seriously consider ESG in their decision-making process, while a...

Pete Witte, EY Global Private Equity Lead Analyst, explores the key themes and market dynamics from 2Q 2022 that are top of mind for PE investors. PE Pulse is a quarterly report and corresponding podcast miniseries that provides analysis and insights on private equity market activity and trends. Visit https://www.ey.com/pepulse to view this quarter’s summary.  PE firms will continue to remain active as they seek to continue to deploy more than US$1.4t in dry powder available for new deals....

Famke Krumbmüller, EY EMEIA Leader, Global Geostrategic Business Group, joins Winna Brown to discuss how shifts in geopolitical power will affect growth and investment opportunities. As a result of the war in Ukraine, three major power blocs are emerging, and it has become critical for companies to understand the allies of the markets in which they are invested. Developed markets are leading one bloc, with the EU and the US having reached new levels of cooperation. Relatedly, the North...

Elizabeth Seeger, Managing Director of Sustainable Investing at KKR, joins Winna Brown to discuss why KKR views ESG as a business opportunity that both creates and protects value over time. ESG has skyrocketed to the top of many PE firms’ list of strategic priorities in the past couple of years. PE firms that may have historically viewed ESG as a “nice to have” or a “check the box” exercise, are now increasingly considering ESG to be a business issue that is embedded in the business, not...