Private Equity in the Post COVID 19 Scenario

In a world where capital markets are experiencing decade-high volatility, the Private Equity (PE) and venture the capital sector continues to stay optimistic as they re-evaluate their existing portfolio and develops a roadmap for fund allocation in such a complex environment. As the unpredictable public markets have caused frown lines for investors, the capital allocation for high performing funds is meant to increase.  Nevertheless, the complex, uncertain business ecosystem has made it significantly complicated for PE funds to deploy capital on a pre-determined risk-reward ratio.

New sectors are gaining transition, particularly the ones digitizing physical processes. This leads to new avenues of high returns. But the question remains:  How to bet on the right horse? How much capital to allocate? What are the market expectations?

In this information report, we have covered statistics and data on the current scenario of PE funds and we take a look at:

• Capital allocation for the PE firms
• Exit performance
• Potential areas of high returns
• Recent movements of big players such as KKR, Blackstone