Private Equity Deal Origination
In this video, shot from home, Gavin will review how private equity funds position themselves in their market, how they develop a pipeline of potential investments and how they determine whether a specific opportunity is worth pursuing.
Overview
Every fund’s investment strategy will be located within a wider investment theme. Most funds’ specific investment strategies shall be located within a broad theme, in order for them to have sufficient focus. A pipeline of opportunities is developed using five main channels; following which a screening process is applied to each opportunity to determine whether to proceed further.
Key learning objectives:
What are the main private equity investment themes?
What are the five methods of origination?
What are the features of a screening process?
Summary
Expert
Gavin Ryan
Gavin Ryan has twenty years’ experience as a private equity fund manager. He has managed a $30m Advent International Affiliate Fund, a $200m Fund part of Soros Fund Management and a €2.5bn Green Energy Asset Manager. Before he was in investment banking with HSBC and Nomura. Gavin has an Engineering Degree from Cambridge and an MBA from McGill.
