In this edited transcript of a lecture presented in Beijing in December 2019, the author provides a critique …
Capital Allocation
Columbia Business School Roundtable on The Fed’s Response to the...
A former Federal Reserve Governor (from 2006-2008) and a former Treasury official discuss the Fed’s and U.S. government’s …
The Benefits of Buying Distressed Assets
Studies of mergers and acquisitions have struggled to identify characteristics of M&A transactions that are consistently associated with …
Using ESG to Enhance Fixed-Income Returns: The Case of Inherent...
The authors discuss how their investment firm uses environmental and social as well as financial considerations to produce …
What Public Companies Can Learn from Private Equity Pay Plans
Studies of private equity pay, including one by current SEC commissioner Robert Jackson, have pointed to restrictions on …
Columbia Law School Roundtable on Public Aspects of Private Equity
The mandate of the broader private equity “ecosystem” goes well beyond earning competitive returns for the limited …
A Tale of Leadership in Value Creation
In this prologue to his new book, Curing Corporate Short-Termism, the founder and CEO of Fortuna Advisors presents …
A CEO’s Playbook for Creating Long-Term Value: Ten Essential Resource...
A former CEO of a large and successful public company teams up with a former chief investment strategist …
University of Texas Roundtable on LP Perspectives on the State...
In this wide-ranging discussion among four limited partner investors in private equity, the LPs commented on the rates …
EQT: Private Equity with a Purpose
The primary factors driving the remarkable growth of private equity have been the industry’s attractive and stable returns …