Buy and build: 5 top tips

This month we focus on some of the dynamics of ‘buy-and-build’, a strategy popular in the private equity industry for accelerating business growth and value – particularly in times of slow economic growth – with five things to consider when undertaking a ‘bolt-on’ acquisition (an acquisition by an existing investee company).   1. Management equity…

Co-investments: Eight-point health check for investors

Co-investments are a good way for investors to get additional, selective exposure to private equity assets on a lower-cost basis. But, economics aside, here are eight more things prospective co-investors should consider. Co-investments have long been a feature of the private equity buyout market. GPs typically allow themselves some leeway to choose and bring co-investors…