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Private Equity Portfolio Management

Private Equity Portfolio Management

Gavin Ryan

25 years: Private equity & banking

Gavin explains how a private equity investor manages his portfolio company by outlining the approach of a successful fund manager and the six part value addition framework.

Gavin explains how a private equity investor manages his portfolio company by outlining the approach of a successful fund manager and the six part value addition framework.

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Private Equity Portfolio Management

10 mins 20 secs

Key learning objectives:

  • Understand the six part value addition framework

  • Outline the time spent and approach of the fund manager

Overview:

How a private equity investor manages his portfolio company, is the area of private equity which is the most difficult to understand. The private equity investor gets involved semi operationally or a quarter operationally. This is a very nuanced involvement which is easy to misunderstand.

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Summary

What is the six part value addition framework?

  1. First, private equity ownership is concentrated.  The private equity investor will hold a relatively large block of shares.
  2. Secondly, private equity ownership is close.  The private equity investor will be looking to keep a close eye on the company, for example by asking for regular reports or making frequent visits.
  3. Third, private equity ownership is rational.  The private equity investor is a rational economic actor with a clear objective.
  4. Fourth, the objective of the private equity owner is to increase the value of the company over the medium term period.
  5. Fifth, the private equity investor wants management to have interests aligned with his objective of increasing value.
  6. Sixth, the private equity fund manager is on the clock.  His fund will be liquidated in a few years and he needs to get things done now.

What is the optimal approach of the fund manager for best performing investments?

A study found that in the best performing investments, the private equity team partner spent fifty percent of his time on the company during the first one hundred days; and maintained regular contact every week after that.  The involvement of the private equity investor is quite articulated over different areas. It can take place at a high level, like a board meeting; or at an operational level, like sending an analyst to help out on a project. At the same time the private equity team does not want to demotivate management by interfering too much. So the involvement must be very nuanced.

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Gavin Ryan

Gavin Ryan

Gavin Ryan has twenty years’ experience as a private equity fund manager. He has managed a $30m Advent International Affiliate Fund, a $200m Fund part of Soros Fund Management and a €2.5bn Green Energy Asset Manager. Before he was in investment banking with HSBC and Nomura. Gavin has an Engineering Degree from Cambridge and an MBA from McGill.

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