6/24/2025 3:32:39 PM Buy Complexity, Sell Clarity: Why buying carve-outs is private equity’s smartest bet right now By Pilar Tarry Gabe Koch Aravind Upadrasta Shagun Jain +1 more... Show less With deal volumes down and exit environments still uncertain, private equity (PE) can no longer rely solely on financial engineering. As...
6/18/2025 3:57:37 PM Leading Practices in Private Equity: PE firms are more alike than not By Jim Shand Reggie Van Lee Looks can be deceiving AlixPartners research into leading practices in private equity (PE) firms demonstrates that for the most part,...
12/5/2024 5:00:06 PM Beyond yesterday's gains: Why private equity must reimagine its route to value creation By Mark Veldon Private equity's playbooks need a rewrite. Old paths to value creation are no longer as reliable, and with tighter funding conditions...
7/30/2024 1:40:08 PM Navigating Out of the Trough of Disillusionment By Connor Lott This is the second of a quarterly interview series for private equity investors and portfolio company managers, developed by AlixPartners...
5/28/2024 7:11:52 PM When your investment thesis goes awry: How to maximize value in tech portcos during extended hold periods By Giuseppe Gasparro Burak Kiral Joe Kewish This is the first article of our three-part series “GROWTH AND PROFITABILITY IN TECH: A Playbook for PE Investors Across the Deal...
3/14/2024 6:14:50 PM Future-Proof Finance: Rewrite Your Operating Model in 2024 By Connor Lott The pace of business is only accelerating, and the demands placed on PE-backed CFOs and finance functions to deliver insight-to-value...
1/17/2024 5:18:04 PM The Real-Time Finance Revolution: Forecasting and Budgeting in the Digital Age By Michael Hymanson Connor Lott Vibhor Gupta In a business environment with constant disruption, you need the ability to see problems fast and react to them quickly. A finance...
1/11/2024 4:45:36 PM HBR IdeaCast: Why private equity needs to invest more in talent development By Ted Bililies Traditionally, private equity companies have created value at the companies they own by taking on debt, restructuring, and exploiting...
11/2/2023 7:34:07 PM Maximizing value creation: Mid-investment By Burak Kiral Sean O'Flynn Matthew Harmon Jack Leung +1 more... Show less In the past 10 years, the average buyout fund has consistently outperformed the S&P 500—by a significant margin across multiple time...
11/2/2023 6:54:00 PM Maximizing value creation: Sign to close By Sean O'Flynn Burak Kiral Daniela Mesalles Maxim Vanhencxthoven +1 more... Show less The time between the signing and closing of an M&A deal is lengthening—by quite some distance. Investors and management teams have long...
10/24/2023 4:36:47 PM Getting product rationalization right: How winning companies restructure their portfolios to drive sustained growth By Jason McDannold Yale Kwon Phani Bhamidipati Justin Casey Aditya Eswar +2 more... Show less In an uncertain economy, the optimization of a company’s portfolio of offerings is crucial for ensuring sustainability and growth....
10/12/2023 5:48:27 PM Maximizing value creation: When the end is in sight By Burak Kiral Sean O'Flynn Matthew Harmon Jack Leung +1 more... Show less In the private equity world, finding an attractive asset, acquiring it at the right price, and successfully executing a value creation...
9/20/2023 7:47:20 PM Lessons from the factory floor part 2: The music has stopped on salaried churn. Now what? By Parmesh Bhaskaran Steven Hilgendorf Allen Merriman Felix Pflaum Chandan Singh +2 more... Show less While the challenges around the hourly manufacturing workforce get most of the ink (particularly in light of the UAW strike), salaried...
9/8/2023 1:53:23 PM Reconfiguring to win: How companies are rationalizing their product portfolios to survive and thrive in uncertainty By Jason McDannold Phani Bhamidipati Yale Kwon Justin Casey Aditya Eswar +2 more... Show less The verdict is in: Change is good, especially when it comes to product portfolios. When faced with ever-evolving markets, well-managed...
8/25/2023 5:31:35 PM Lessons from the factory floor Part 1: These labor pains aren’t temporary By Parmesh Bhaskaran Steven Hilgendorf Allen Merriman Felix Pflaum Chandan Singh +2 more... Show less One of the dominant themes in the business world has been the labor shortage. There are too many open jobs and not enough workers to fill...
7/20/2023 7:07:43 PM Inclusive ownership as a vehicle for better personal and enterprise outcomes: our partnership with Ownership Works By Adam Fless The outlook for employee equity is brighter thanks to Ownership Works, a nonprofit organization working to catalyze the design and...