The Drawdown trio tickles your eardrums once more, with our monthly podcast accompanying our latest cover feature. This time, we talk about gen AI trends. But with some substance - trust us.The cover story, entitled Strength Tr -AI- ning, exami

Top of the ops: Be young, be foolish, be PE?

May 2nd, 2024 30m 13s

The Drawdown team is back again, this month discussing talent attraction and retention in private equity.Following on from a recent cover story on PE’s relative attractiveness as a career destination, we speak to Kerry Heaton, chief people offi

Top of the ops: Who was the Third Party?

Mar 26th, 2024 21m 30s

The latest from your favourite PE operations editorial team!In this episode, we’re talking fund finance and credit rating agencies off the back of The Drawdown’s latest cover feature. The issue gave shape and form to the ominous third party wh

What do LPs want?

Mar 5th, 2024 22m 45s

In this podcast, Real Deals is joined by British Patient Capital’s Christine Hockley to discuss the importance of patient capital, what VCs must do to appeal to LPs and how GPs can build a value proposition that aligns with their investors’ int

Podcast: The struggles of ESG reporting

Feb 29th, 2024 32m 8s

In this exclusive podcast, Real Deals reporter Xhulio Ismalaj is joined by Richard Burrett, chief sustainability officer at early-stage cleantech investor Earth Capital, where he also holds a board director position.During the discussion, he co

Top of the ops: Is the grass evergreener?

Feb 21st, 2024 33m 57s

Your favourite PE operations editorial team is back!This time, the trio tackles evergreen fund structures, off the back of The Drawdown’s latest cover feature on the challenges of setting up semi-liquid fund structures for traditionally close

Top of the ops: Operational utopia

Feb 2nd, 2024 29m 43s

What if you were to found a private equity firm that entirely outsourced the investment function and focused solely on operations? Impossible dream or the future direction of the market?The Drawdown speaks to Stephen Branagan of Pantheon Ventur

Tick-tock: Time to tokenise?

Nov 14th, 2023 41m 13s

The Drawdown is joined by a panel of tokenisation experts to discuss how the technology can be used in private markets.Jack Chong is an entrepreneur in residence at White Star Capital, based in New York. Prior to that, he spent time developing

Exploring the culture of ESG

Apr 5th, 2023 20m 33s

The Drawdown is joined by Sarah Peasey, director of European ESG investing at Neuberger Berman, for a discussion on what ESG really means for each employee within the GP house.As sustainable regulation and technology continue to develop in ta

Tech and product due diligence: a deep dive

Mar 1st, 2023 27m 39s

Real Deals is joined by Lukas Ingelheim and Dan Bender, co-founders at Code & Co, and Peter Waleczek, managing partner at Flex Capital, for a case study on how the GP and tech due diligence provider are working together. As technical due dilige

Breaking down barriers

Jan 26th, 2023 22m 33s

Real Deals editor Greg Gille is joined by David Wardrop, partner at Rutland Partners, to discuss how investors can break through to owner-managers and start building that relationship on the best possible footing.This encompasses a lot - from

Changing approaches to liquidity management

Oct 24th, 2022 12m 38s

The past two years have highlighted the importance of good liquidity management in private capital funds. The ability to quickly provide liquidity to portfolio companies and / or investors is an absolute necessity for private capital fund CFOs.

Private equity in sport

Sep 30th, 2022 34m 13s

Talya Misiri speaks with Michael Preston, partner at Cleary Gottlieb about the increased interest in sport by PE, one of the most successful PE-backed sports deals, how PE can manage reputational risks around these transactions and more.

Winning deals in a competitive market

Jul 18th, 2022 34m 26s

Sam Fuller, managing director at Houlihan Lokey and Miles Otway, partner at Connection Capital, speak with Real Deals about the rise of trade buyers and how GPs are setting themselves up to win assets in competitive processes.

Navigating the just transition

May 24th, 2022 30m 19s

Michele Giddens, co-CEO at Bridges Fund Management and Sharon Johnson, COO of AgilityEco speak with Real Deals about the just transition and how it is being used in practice.

Can ESG boost returns?

May 16th, 2022 23m 14s

Real Deals is joined by Erik Osmundsen, partner at Verdane and Beth Houghton, partner & head of Impact Fund at Palatine, to discuss whether embedding an ESG strategy into portfolio companies can contribute to driving a higher price, and better

Lessons learned with Steve Darrington

Mar 14th, 2022 41m 9s

Sam Marsh of Alpha FX interviews Steve Darrington, partner and CFO of Phoenix Equity Partners, to find out about the most important lessons he has learned. Steve draws on a rich array of experiences from his corporate, private equity and poker

What has corporate governance got to do with it?

Jan 11th, 2022 30m 31s

Real Deals speaks to Susan Fadil and Bill Prew, (JTC), and James Newman, (Perform Due Diligence), on the importance of having corporate governance at the top of the business agenda.

Talking tech transformation

Dec 9th, 2021 32m 57s

Following on from the Tech Transformation Survey, in partnership with IQ-EQ, The Drawdown brought together a select group of PE and VC tech practitioners to discuss the findings and latest developments in private equity operating technology. J

Substance and fund formation

Dec 2nd, 2021 13m 10s

Real Deals editor Talya Misiri speaks with Elliot Refson, head of funds at Jersey Finance, about substance rules and what funds need to consider.

Managing a successful carve out

Nov 26th, 2021 25m 36s

Real Deals editor Talya Misiri speaks with Rutland Partners partner David Wardrop and HCC CEO Julian Aitken about how the carve-out of HCC was navigated and how value creation opportunities were identified and executed.

Mental health as a value driver

Oct 28th, 2021 18m 25s

N4 Partners joins Real Deals to explore how mental wellbeing and human performance can be an important value creation driver in private equity

Private debt’s next stage of maturity

Oct 15th, 2021 34m 46s

Alice Murray speaks to Treabhor Mac Eochaidh, Executive Director at MUFG Investor Services, Head of Debt Services, who takes us on a journey through space and time, beginning with the asset class’s early days following the retrenchment of the b

The “green-boom”: the reality of ESG post-pandemic

Sep 28th, 2021 36m 32s

Is it the end of the “green-boom”? Real Deals is joined by Richard Burrett, chief sustainability officer at Earth Capital and Sharadiya Dasgupta, founding partner at Blue Dot Capital, to discuss ESG reporting during and post-pandemic and whethe

Debt in the post-COVID world

Aug 9th, 2021 15m 28s

Lending activity has rebounded strongly following COVID disruption, with borrowers once again able to secure favourable pricing and attractive terms in a competitive market.In a recent roundtable hosted by Real Deals a panel of lenders and adv