ESG Is No Longer Optional. What Every Private Equity Manager Should Know

by Nicholas Donato | Jun 13, 2019

Responsible investment (or ESG), once a do-good sideshow, is becoming mainstream. Private equity managers must consider a host of issues, from gender diversity to carbon emissions, or risk losing investor capital and deals. The trend is only growing. The challenge...

Should You Hire a Business Development Professional?

by admin | Jan 17, 2019

As more GPs consider hiring dedicated deal originators, important questions remain: What is driving the need, what should be their primary function, what are the key challenges, etc. In this expert roundtable, Navatar explores these questions and more by analyzing the...

Six Fallacies of Proprietary Deal Sourcing

by admin | Dec 12, 2018

On the back of new exclusive research, Navatar and Exit Strategies have identified the leading causes of preventing private equity firms from successfully sourcing and closing proprietary deals. From misestimating the time required to nurture a deal, to entering...

Data Analytics and Technology is Reshaping Private Equity Deal Sourcing. Don’t Be Left Behind!

by Nicholas Donato | Nov 15, 2018

Deal Sourcing may be the most vital way to unlock better fund returns in the competitive market. To bring this into focus, innovative BD professionals and deal teams are leveraging new intelligence on intermediaries and their own pipeline data, and not just constantly...

Introducing Private Equity’s Intelligent ‘Sourcing to Closing’ Deal Lifecycle

by Nicholas Donato | Nov 7, 2018

Smart tech platforms are nowadays critical for every stage of a deal lifecycle. Origination requires intelligence and workflows to make sure you are being shown the best deals, whereas deal evaluation and due diligence require sophisticated toolsets to manage the...