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Ross Butler

Ross Butler hosts the Fund Shack private equity podcast. Ross is a strategic communications consultant and managing director at Linear B Group, an international communications and editorial consultancy.

Sunaina Sinha on Fund Shack

Fundraising masterclass | Sunaina Sinha, Raymond James | Ep 61

Sunaina Sinha, Global Head of Private Capital Advisory at Raymond James, talks to Ross Butler about the challenges of raising private capital funds in today’s market.

Patrick Turner, VSS Capital Partners

US mid-market investing | Patrick Turner, VSS Capital Partners | Ep 60

Foresight Group was a pioneer in renewable energy investment back in the 1990s. Today, it is a diversified investment group listed in London.

Fatou Diagne, Bootstrap Europe, Fund Shack venture capital podcast

Venture capital’s crème de la crème | Fatou Diagne, Bootstrap Europe | Ep 59

Foresight Group was a pioneer in renewable energy investment back in the 1990s. Today, it is a diversified investment group listed in London.

Mike Smeed, InMotion Ventures, Fund Shack

Corporate venture capital | Mike Smeed, Jaguar Land Rover | Ep 58

Foresight Group was a pioneer in renewable energy investment back in the 1990s. Today, it is a diversified investment group listed in London.

Bernard Fairman, Foresight Group, Fund Shack

Renewables, infrastructure and international equity | Bernard Fairman, Foresight Group | Ep 57

Foresight Group was a pioneer in renewable energy investment back in the 1990s. Today, it is a diversified investment group listed in London.

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Central Europe buyouts: a surprisingly big opportunity | Robert Knorr, MidEuropa | Ep 56

Mid Europa Partners pioneered private equity buyout investing in Central Europe, launching in 1999. Robert Knorr has been a partner since 2007.

Etienne Deshormes, Secondaries, Fund Shack

Private equity secondaries: everything you need to know, with Etienne Deshormes

In this Fund Shack podcast with Ross Butler, Etienne Deshormes, founder of Elm Capital, reveals where the market for private equity secondaries is headed. Key highlights In this engaging episode of the Fund Shack podcast, 🎙️ Ross Butler interviews Etienne Deshormes, CEO of Elm Capital, to delve into the intricacies of the private equity secondary […]

Chris Field, Dechert, Fund Shack podcast

Private equity gets defensive: a global lawyers perspective

With a deal drought across the global private equity industry, we talk to Chris Field of global law firm Dechert about what’s next for M&A and buyout deal flow for 2024. We discuss valuations and defensive deal structures as vendors and buyers find ways to come together. Top quote: “I have never worked on an […]

Stephane Bacquaert

Private equity in Africa. A conversation with Stephane Bacquaert

Private equity is a great way of investing in uncertain, high growth environments. Strange then, that the African private equity industry is so small. In fact, Stephane Bacquaert of Adenia Partners argues that the Western, established private capital industry has systematically misunderstood the African opportunity, and in particular its risk profile. In this Fund Shack […]

Henry Freeman, The Fund Society, Fund Shack

Repackaging private equity, with Henry Freeman

Private equity fund managers are racing to find structures that will allow small private investors to invest with them. Meanwhile governments are introducing ELTFI and LTAF structures to encourage retailisation. Henry Freeman has been working at the nexus of public and private equity for two decades. And he has concerns. Henry is founder of the […]

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