Improving Fundraising and Fund Due Diligence through Standardized Independent Analytics By Prof. O. Gottschalg, HEC School of Management, Paris Professor Oliver Gottschalg is speaking at this year’s SuperReturn U.S. event in Boston (5-8 June). He will be presenting new research on ‘Fundraising Performance – Insight Into New Approaches & Methods To Highlight True Outperformance & Help GPs Demonstrate Effectively & Objectively Their Strengths To LPs’....

Making Sense of the Eurozone Crisis by Rod Sutton, Chairman, Asia Pacific Ahead of next week’s SuperReturn China event, we showcase an article by Rod Sutton, Chairman at Asia Pacific who will be speaking at the event.  A recent FTI Consulting survey of more than 800 top executives in Asia, the Middle East and North America found that two-thirds (64%) of the respondents expected at least one of...

Views from the SuperReturn Latin America Experts…In 60 Seconds. Where does Latin America sit within your private equity portfolio, and do you see this changing? Patricia Dinneen, Managing Director, Siguler Guff & Company – “Increasing in importance and overall allocation but not equally across Latin America.  Brazil still number 1, expect to increase in Colombia.” Delaney Brown, Head of the Americas,Hermes GPE – “We...

The SuperReturn International 2012 Round-up By Kalpana Fitzpatrick SuperReturn International 2012 once again lived up to being the private equity industry’s most popular event and this year saw yet more high profile speakers, along with rock star Bob Geldof, delivering powerful messages to over 1,500 attendees. The event, which took place at the Intercontinental Hotel in Berlin, saw a mix...

Hands makes a plea for Europe By Kalpana Fitzpatrick Now is the time for the private equity industry to focus on the opportunities in Europe, according to Guy Hands, chairman of Terra Firma. Speaking at the SuperReturn International event in Berlin, he told delegates that investment opportunities will arise from European banks selling assets. “Bank assets that have been sitting around for several...

Geldof labels PE as “mad” for overlooking Africa Written by Kalpana Fitzpatrick The private equity industry is missing out on significant opportunities in Africa, according to Bob Geldof, who labelled the industry as “mad” for being so oblivious.  The singer, who recently raised his own private equity fund in Africa, told delegates at SuperReturn in Berlin that private equity was a major vehicle...

Rubenstein: Big Opportunities in Europe By Kalpana Fitzpatrick Speaking at the SuperReturn International in Berlin, Rubenstein told a packed room of delegates:  ”Europe is going to take a few years to get through the problems.  I think it should redefine itself as an emerging market; everyone is interested in emerging markets.” He added that Europe was the single biggest opportunity...

Private Equity and Employment by Steven J. Davis, John Haltiwanger, Ron Jarmin, Josh Lerner and Javier Miranda Josh Lerner, Jacob H Schiff Professor of Investment Banking at Harvard Business School, is one of our special guest speakers at SuperReturn International 2012 this year. Here we present the abstract and link to the second of his recent academic papers, Private Equity & Employment written with  Steven J. Davis, John Haltiwanger, Ron Jarmin and Javier Miranda. Private equity critics claim...

The Consequences of Entrepreneurial Finance: Evidence from Angel Financings by Josh Lerner Josh Lerner, Jacob H Schiff Professor of Investment Banking at Harvard Business School, is one of our special guest speakers at SuperReturn International 2012 this year. His presentation will take place on Thursday 1st March, and is entitled: “Transparent, Opaque or Translucent? Information & The Private Equity Industry.” He will follow this with an in-depth panel...

SuperInvestor U.S. Interview with Shawn T. Carolan, Managing Director, Menlo Ventures. Ahead of SuperInvestor U.S. 2012 we interviewed Shawn T. Carolan, Managing Director, Menlo Ventures to get his thoughts on social media, super angels and whether it is still cool to be a venture capitalist. Shawn will be taking part in an expert panel session which will focus on how realistic and sustainable the recent extraordinary valuations...