Mind the gap: Private equity prepares for valuation reset
Mind the gap: Private equity prepares for valuation reset
As valuation multiples cool, private equity managers are holding on tight to traditional value levers in their portfolio companies. This report looks at how bid-ask spreads are adjusting across the M&A market this year, and examines the reality for fund valuations at end-2022 and Q1 2023.
The ‘Mind the gap: Private equity prepares for valuation reset’ special report comprises zero separate articles listed below, these can be read individually or as a sequence.
Private equity funds have been slow to adjust their valuations to volatile public comparables in 2022. As end-December NAVs are reported, that could be about to change.
The amount of company data now available to private equity firms has revolutionized the valuation process, but the competitive advantage still lies with humans.