Real Deals Magazine - 27 January 2022
500: Two decades, going strong
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Covers
Standout covers over the last 20 years.
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Alumni assemble
A deep dive into PE and Real Deals’ history.
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Top headlines
Industry headlines over the years.
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Crisis takeover
How PE navigated three crises.
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Q&A: Luminii
The development of CDD.
24
10 Funds
A look back at 10 funds and why they stood out.
27
Q&A: MVision
The evolution of the fundraising process.
28
Roundtable: A view from the top
LPs discuss the past, present and future of the industry.
36
Podcast: Specialists vs. generalists
Is there still a place for generalists in the market?
38
GP Workshop
How to manage a successful fundraise.
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Q&A: Enterprise Investors
Changing perceptions of PE in CEE.
42
Two decades in PE
The data view on the last 20 years of private equity deals.
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Deals today
The latest reports on PE activity in Europe.
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Roundtable: 20 years of deals
Corporate financiers on shifts in the deal landscape.
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Creating value from MSPs
How MSPs can build businesses.
52
Booming sectors
The sectors that were hot in 1999 vs 2021.
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Q&A: LDC
The strategies that have proved most successful for the firm.
56
All grown up
The evolution of value creation.
60
Organic growth
Four examples of successful organic growth strategies.
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A brighter future
How firms are tackling ESG today.
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Q&A: KKR
The first ESG professional and the evoloution of the strategy at KKR.
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Q&A: NVM
A unique approach to regional private equity.
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Q&A: Sovereign Capital
Buy and build and how GPs have become hands-on partners.
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Taking on tech
PE’s digitalisation evolution.
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Digitalisation: Improving a generation
How digitalisation has benefitted GPs’ processes.
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The next 20 years of PE
10 predictions for the industry.
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So long, old boys’ club
The evolution of people and roles within PE firms.
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Q&A: Ares Management
From a market disruptor to a household name in private credit.
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Hall of fame
Private equity awards winners on their career in PE and hopes for the industry.
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Quarterly market tracker 2021
European PE activity in Q1 to Q4.
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Q&A: Endava Private Equity Group
Market opportunities and the acceleration of tech tools.
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Future predictions
The industry casts their predictions for the next 20 years of PE.
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Industry in pictures
A collation of industry photos new and old.
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Vulture
The best Vultures since 1999.
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