08 Apr, 2024 Finance in the Age of AI – An Interview with Glenn Hopper By Connor Lott Omar Morrison Glenn Hopper is a strategic finance leader with two decades of experience and a proven track record of leading transformational change...
14 Mar, 2024 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...
23 Jan, 2024 Retail Viewpoint: Navigating disruption and economic headwinds, what will shape retail in 2024? By David Bassuk Bryan Eshelman Asher von Stein Every new year brings optimism, but retailers will need to couple it with a strong plan to fight off economic difficulties in 2024. With...
18 Jan, 2024 The PE-backed CEO in 2024—an interview with Adam Coffey By Connor Lott In more than 21 years of experience as CEO, Adam built three national service companies for nine private equity sponsors. During this...
17 Jan, 2024 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...
11 Jan, 2024 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...
19 Dec, 2023 Just tell me the truth: Communicating change to employees By Kiersten Schierenbeck On December 4th, 2023, Daniel Ek, CEO of Spotify, sent a letter to all employees telling them about organizational changes and headcount...
02 Nov, 2023 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...
02 Nov, 2023 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...
12 Oct, 2023 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...
20 Jul, 2023 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...
12 Jun, 2023 Podcast: ParkerGale's PE Funcast discusses our 8th Annual PE Leadership survey By Ted Bililies I recently joined ParkerGale's Devin Mathews to discuss the findings in our 8th Annual PE Leadership Survey and the 2023 AlixPartners...