1. The PE market in 2011: What happened . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pg. 1
Investments: Coping with climate change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pg. 2
–A false spring
–A late-summer frost
–Some warmth in emerging markets
Exits: The recovery stalls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pg. 13
Fund-raising: The rebound falls fl at . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pg. 16
Returns: Facing a moment of truth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pg. 21
–Unlocking the alchemy of alpha
Key takeaways . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pg. 26
Buy-and-build: An investment theme for challenging times . . . . . . . . . . . . . pg. 27
2. What is happening now: Dynamics for 2012 and beyond . . . . . . . . . . . . . pg. 31
Investments: Rewinding the clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pg. 31
–A question of supply and demand
–Looking for a breakthrough in emerging markets
–The Southeast Asia opportunity
Exits: Animal spirits are dormant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pg. 42
Fund-raising: Knocking on a locked door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pg. 45
Returns: Making an alpha bet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pg. 49
Key takeaways . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pg. 56
Will sovereign wealth funds be PE’s “white knight”? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pg. 57
3. PE hits a new infl ection point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pg. 59
Identify growth opportunities others don’t see . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pg. 59
Vigorously test the investment thesis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pg. 60
Make sure management is on board from the start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pg. 60
Retool the fi rm with a repeatable model for success . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pg. 61