Gretchen Perkins, the head of business development at 20-year-old, Detroit-based, middle market private equity firm Huron Capital talks about her career path, the art of finding proprietary deals, and why entrepreneurs prefer to partner with Huron Capital.

Is valuation fatigue setting in? What does the tech IPO boom mean?

Three experts in private equity value add discuss the incredible advances offered by automation – variously identified as artificial intelligence, machine learning and robotic process automation (RPA). Private equity firms are increasingly helping their portfolio companies automate tasks that were once manual, cutting expenses and improving accuracy in the process. The experts from General Atlantic,…

Two real estate debt experts explain the investor appetite and risk characteristics of real estate debt.

Three real estate investment professionals discuss the focus they put on flexible real estate when considering investments.

Andrea Auerbach, Global Head of Private Investments for Cambridge Associates, discusses the current state of the private equity market, including the surge in distributions back to LPs, and the performance of the largest private equity funds, which is beginning to mirror the average performance of the stock market. Interviewed by David Snow, CEO of Privcap…

Part of the thought-leadership series: Real Estate in Rising US Cities. Rising US cities are attracting young people in droves who come for the jobs and the lower cost of living. What is the retail investment play in these areas, particularly when young people are more likely to use e-commerce to shop? Our three real…

The current economic environment and investment implications.

The success of Sun Capital was born of hard experience and determined refocusing, according to its co-founder Marc Leder. In an interview, Leder discusses the scepticism that he and co-founder Rodger Krause faced as young ex-investment bankers trying to close deals and raise capital without an investment track record. Leder explains how the firm ended…

The importance of culture, values and China at a major private equity firm.

Laura Dietzel of RSM discusses the remarkable rise of innovations in automation that are affecting real estate data management.

Are sky-high multiples of EBITDA the new normal? The rise of non-bank lenders. Three experts discuss.