ESG Is No Longer Optional. What Every Private Equity Manager Should Know

by Nicholas Donato | Jun 13, 2019

Responsible investment (or ESG), once a do-good sideshow, is becoming mainstream. Private equity managers must consider a host of issues, from gender diversity to carbon emissions, or risk losing investor capital and deals. The trend is only growing. The challenge...

What the ‘Data Revolution’ Means For Private Equity Deal Flow

by Nicholas Donato | Jun 6, 2019

Can the right data optimize deal flow? Most fund managers understand that it can, but remain uncertain how. GPs that get it right bring their marketing, business development and deal execution under one data management framework. In this webinar, Navatar provides the...

Should You Hire a Business Development Professional?

by admin | Jan 17, 2019

As more GPs consider hiring dedicated deal originators, important questions remain: What is driving the need, what should be their primary function, what are the key challenges, etc. In this expert roundtable, Navatar explores these questions and more by analyzing the...

Six Fallacies of Proprietary Deal Sourcing

by admin | Dec 12, 2018

On the back of new exclusive research, Navatar and Exit Strategies have identified the leading causes of preventing private equity firms from successfully sourcing and closing proprietary deals. From misestimating the time required to nurture a deal, to entering...

Data Analytics and Technology is Reshaping Private Equity Deal Sourcing. Don’t Be Left Behind!

by Nicholas Donato | Nov 15, 2018

Deal Sourcing may be the most vital way to unlock better fund returns in the competitive market. To bring this into focus, innovative BD professionals and deal teams are leveraging new intelligence on intermediaries and their own pipeline data, and not just constantly...