Private equity portfolios are taking more time to realise as market volatility shows little sign of letting up. With the long, benign period in the wake of the global financial crisis fading into memory, GPs and LPs are grappling with a more complicated world where holding a company for a few years, building it up and selling it at a healthy profit is not as simple as it once was.
NAV finance: A major value creation tool
A difficult M&A market means private equity funds are holding portfolio companies for longer, but NAV finance could turn this into an opportunity.
