VIDEO: JP Morgan Asset Management's Lawrence Unrein
Lawrence Unrein, Global Head of JP Morgan Asset Management's Private Equity and Hedge Fund Groups, says that the global private equity industry learned a few lessons about its limits in the aftermath of the global financial crisis, and discusses how the event has – and has not – altered the way JP Morgan conducts its due diligence
New York-based Unrein tells AVCJ TV that, in retrospect, the industry's mistakes and successes during the crisis taught it some of its weak points, saying, "We said back in 2007 that the private equity...
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