PE firms must strike balance between expanding, preserving culture - AVCJ Forum
Private equity firms that expand across multiple strategies benefit from having an institutionalized platform, but creating a consistent culture and delivering consistent performance can be challenging, industry participants told the AVCJ Forum.
Guy Hands, chairman and CIO of Terra Firma Capital Partners, said that he would rather raise a fund and do 10 deals over the next five years than do it as an individual investor, but he expressed frustration...
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