

Private Equity Spotlight
PEI Group
PEI Group’s ‘Private Equity Spotlight’ podcast illuminates the latest trends in private equity across fundraising, portfolio management, deals, regulation and more. Get a front-row seat with our award-winning journalists from publications including Private Equity International, Private Funds CFO, Buyouts and PE Hub, as they interview the industry’s biggest personalities and dig deep into the dynamics affecting LPs, GPs and service providers. Available wherever you get your podcasts.
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Aug 14, 2023 • 19min
Investing in the energy transition using a non-specific mandate
There is no escaping the energy transition, and no GP should want to. Embracing it is key to keeping portfolios relevant and adding value. Guillaume Faroux and Marcus Ayre discuss how they do it as infrastructure investors.
This episode is sponsored by Vauban Infrastructure Partners and Igneo Infrastructure Partners

Aug 2, 2023 • 18min
The Women of Influence reflect on the past decade in private markets
Guests from PEI Group's 2023 list of influential women in alternatives look back on the past 10 years in the industry and analyse the current challenges facing it.

Jul 17, 2023 • 27min
Energy storage goes beyond lithium-ion
In the energy world, storage has somehow become synonymous with the lithium-ion battery. But what other opportunities are out there for investors? Six guests – including developers, start-ups and infra GPs – weigh in.

Jul 5, 2023 • 17min
How automation is revolutionising regulatory compliance
Digital transformation is reshaping the private markets, making burdensome compliance tasks manageable and streamlining business processes, says Workiva investments industry principal Arthy Kumar.
This episode is sponsored by Workiva

Jul 3, 2023 • 14min
Leadership lessons from the Women of Influence
Guests from PEI Group’s 2023 list of influential women in private markets discuss what it's like to hold senior leadership positions, and offer advice to the next generation of leaders.

Jun 30, 2023 • 16min
Which advisers stood out from the crowd?
In this episode of Second Thoughts, our bi-monthly take on the biggest trends and developments in secondaries, senior reporter Madeleine Farman and senior editor Adam Le discuss the key findings underpinning Secondaries Investor's Advisory Survey 2023 and Law Firm Survey 2023.

Jun 14, 2023 • 24min
PEI’s Future 40 share top tips for finding success
Warburg Pincus’s Lauren Zletz, Neuberger Berman’s Sandeep Mirani and Hamilton Lane’s Nina Kraus share their career stories and advice on breaking into the private equity industry.

Jun 4, 2023 • 16min
How private equity is pivoting amid macro disruption
EY’s Bridget Walsh explains how GPs are refining their value-creation strategies and repositioning themselves towards emerging opportunities in a dislocated market.
This episode is sponsored by EY

Jun 1, 2023 • 16min
The world’s largest private equity fundraisers
PEI’s global editorial team comes together to discuss how a perennial heavyweight reclaimed the top spot after sliding last year, and other results from the 2023 PEI 300 fundraising ranking.
See the full PEI 300 ranking here at Private Equity International.

May 22, 2023 • 20min
How millennial values are shaping ESG decision making
Partners Group’s Adrien-Paul Lambillon and G2 Venture Partners’ Valerie Shen discuss why ESG is important to them and look at how the industry can make progress.


