Privcap Audio: Private Capital Talk

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Michael Cerminaro of Sound Harbor Partners says the changing dynamics of credit strategies are here to stay. In this comprehensive interview Cerminaro discusses debt volumes, the hunt for yield, and why PE has become the new home for credit investing.

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Martin Okner, president of ACG New York, discusses the middle-market group’s member benefits and its expansion plans

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Kirk Griswold, Founding Partner of Wayne, Pennsylvania-based Argosy Capital, describes the state of the deal market in 2012 and looks ahead to today’s pricing dynamics. He offers his views on the booming energy sector in the US, describes what he likes about the lower end of the middle market, and discusses his firm’s real estate investment business.

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Entrepreneurs and growth-stage companies are critical to economic growth, and Ernst & Young is committed to supporting the ecosystem surrounding entrepreneurs, according to Herb Engert, Americas Strategic Growth Markets Leader at Ernst & Young. Engert discusses the centrality of Ernst & Young’s Strategic Growth Forums to its engagement with entrepreneur clients and private capital firms. He also describes the opportunity he sees in Latin America to help often family-backed business get to the next level in partnership with private capital firms.

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The “shrinking” of traditional banks as middle-market lenders is opening up opportunities for fleet-footed alternative financial companies, such as THL Credit, led by CEO & CIO Jim Hunt. Affiliated with buyout firm Thomas H. Lee Partners, THL Credit was created in anticipation of a credit crisis, a view that proved “too prophetic,” says Hunt. Topics covered also include the “blank sheet of paper” that THL Credit likes to start with when structuring financings for unsponsored transactions, advice on what borrowers should look for in a lender, the importance of relationships, and what Hunt likes about the healthcare sector.

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Marc Utay, Managing Partner of Clarion Capital Partners, shares what he’s learned over 30 years in the industry. The former Drexel Burnham Lambert professional tells why he likes the smaller end of the middle market, how efficiencies can be found there and unlocked in partnership with entrepreneurs, why Clarion likes companies with “high intangible value,” and how the firm approaches distressed opportunities.

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Investment firm Siguler Guff is bullish on the long-term Brazilian private equity opportunity, as co-founder Drew Guff details in this in-depth interview. Guff, a veteran of the emerging markets private equity scene, compares his pioneering experience in the Russian market with trends he sees in Brazil today. He also tells why there is not too much money chasing too few deals in Brazil, argues for the attractiveness of markets outside of Brazil’s biggest cities, and discusses the importance of peer references in emerging markets investing. This is the first of a two-part interview with Guff.

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How did TPG portfolio company Harrah’s Entertainment save $19 million per year on energy efficiencies? How did Carlyle portfolio company NBTY save $2 million per year on more efficient vitamin-production techniques? In the second of a two-part series, Edward Norton, Senior Advisor to TPG, Beth Lowery, Senior Advisor to TPG, and Bryan Corbett, Principal in the Executive Group of The Carlyle Group, share success stories where ESG principals of environmental, social and governance responsibility are deployed in portfolio companies. Also discussed: How to share “wins” across portfolio companies, a new, free resource provided to private equity firms by the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), reporting, why even small private equity firms can realize savings via ESG programs, and what Norton learned during a visit to a Las Vegas casino.

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Why are the CIOs of institutional investors around the world “aggressively” expanding private-market allocations, including private equity? Russell Steenberg, Managing Director and Global Head of BlackRock Private Equity Partners, gives an authoritative overview of how actuarial assumptions, when set against the actual expected performance of fixed-income and public equity asset classes, are forcing investors to seek greater exposure to private equity. Steenberg also discusses the importance of choosing the right partners and controlling for the risks of illiquidity inherent to private markets. This is the second of a two-part interview with Steenberg.

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Interview with Sachin Date, Private Equity Leader for Europe, Middle East, India and Africa, Ernst & Young

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