Private Equity & Infrastructure Private Equity & Infrastructure

At its heart, private equity is a form of capital allocation: specialised funds raise capital (from different sources, including institutional investors, high net worth individuals, etc.), and employ this capital to secure controlling stakes in specific businesses that they deem underperforming their potential. Through active management, they then unleash this potential in view of realising a surplus when they eventually exit their investment, through a sale or a public offering of the company. As such, understanding private equity requires looking at issues of finance, strategy, corporate governance, as well as legal and societal concerns.