Private Equity Findings, Issue 20 | Coller Capital
25 July 2024 Publication
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Private Equity Findings, Issue 20

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Foreword By the numbers
Retrospective: A bigger picture
Overview Understanding LPs performanceThe role of academic research in PEThe most influential pieces of academic researchThe affect of the 2006-07 credit bubble Resilience of the PE industryThe the growth of private debt fundsAreas of current researchAreas of research opportunities?
What’s at stake?
Roundtable: Will AI transform private equity?
Overview PE embracing AI technologiesAI origination for VC investmentsThe limitations of AI & lack of dataAI in decision makingUsing AI to predict future outcomesDo LPs really need AI to process qualitative information?AI techniques to predict company director performanceDo large networks and directorships mean poor performance?What aspects of PE are ripe for AI disruption?AI for PE: hype vs. reality
Time for a new model?
Overview Time for a new model: The research viewpointTime for a new model: The investor viewpoint
The side letter arms race
Do large networks and directorships mean poor performance?
Foreword By the numbers
Retrospective: A bigger picture
Understanding LPs performance The role of academic research in PE The most influential pieces of academic research The affect of the 2006-07 credit bubble Resilience of the PE industry The the growth of private debt funds Areas of current research Areas of research opportunities?
What’s at stake?
Roundtable: Will AI transform private equity?
PE embracing AI technologies AI origination for VC investments The limitations of AI & lack of data AI in decision making Using AI to predict future outcomes Do LPs really need AI to process qualitative information? AI techniques to predict company director performance Do large networks and directorships mean poor performance? What aspects of PE are ripe for AI disruption? AI for PE: hype vs. reality
Time for a new model?
Time for a new model: The research viewpoint Time for a new model: The investor viewpoint
The side letter arms race
Roundtable: Will AI transform private equity?
In particular, the research highlights that men with large networks and a high number of directorships were the most likely to perform poorly. Could these findings be used to drive the diversity debate?

 

“These findings don’t surprise me at all. People who ‘over-board’ themselves are a liability. No-one should be taking on more than half a dozen board positions. You are only going to spend time on six, so the others aren’t getting value. I am also not surprised that the most poorly performing directors are men. Women have to be so demonstrably competent in order to get on a board in the first place that you are unlikely to find a duff one.”
Anne Glover

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