Dry Powder: Live from SuperReturn 2024

2024 is shaping up to be a surprisingly robust year for private equity deal activity.

[This series originally aired on November 21, 2019] Absent certain market conditions, buyer beware.

[This episode originally aired on March 21, 2023] As margins shrink, private equity houses are rediscovering the vital importance of operational due diligence.

A small, but growing cohort of investors are taking mid-sized  companies private and driving substantial margin improvements.

Deals and exits are flat, and fundraising is down, but the real story is the tension beneath the numbers.For a deeper discussion, join our live webinar on July 9. Read Bain's 2024 Midyear Private Equity Report, here.   

Karen Khalaf, one of Bain's leading experts in sovereign wealth funds, explains how a little knowledge can go a long way on the fundraising trail.

Jim Strang, chairman of HgCapital Trust, joins us for a wide-ranging conversation about the future of the private equity industry.If you'd like to stay up to date with my weekly series on LinkedIn, follow me here.

We explore a fresh approach to modeling and managing risk.

In part two of our series, Thoma Bravo’s leading enterprise software investor explains how they continue to find exit opportunities and source new deals.

We ask one of Thoma Bravo’s leading enterprise software investors why 2023 could be a “significantly better” year for deal making.