Published in September 2008, The Largest Private Equity Firms in the World: Anatomising the Impact of the PEI 50 is essential intelligence for anyone who needs to better understand the differences between the biggest private equity firms, as well as the impact these firms have on global markets individually and in aggregate.  

The report arms you with hard data on strategy, industry exposures and deal activity, allowing your organisation to refine its own strategy with regard to the private equity industry. It is intelligence that will help your organisation better exploit and profit from the vast opportunity that the private equity market represents. 

The report is an expansion of the PEI 50 (2008), Private Equity International magazine’s annual proprietary ranking of private equity firms by size. 

The report includes: 

• Apples-to-apples snapshots of the deal and exit activities of the world’s largest private equity firms 
• The PEI 50’s individual and combined impact within defined industries and geographies, including investment, M&A and IPO activity 
• Insider descriptions of each firm’s strategies and recent developments 
• Fundraising data on each firm, including lists of select limited partners 
• Data on the fees these firms spend on investment banking services 
• Personnel information 
• Relevant articles from the archives of PEI Media 

Among the report’s revelations: 

• Which firms have been most active on the exit front over the past five years? 
• Which firms have been the biggest backers of IPOs? And in which industries? 
• Which firms have invested the most capital in the consumer and retail, technology, energy and other sectors? 
• Which firms have the biggest presence in India? In Europe? 
• How does Carlyle’s exposure to the consumer sector compare to KKR’s? 
• Which investment banks have been the biggest beneficiaries of fees paid by private equity firms? Which banks have the closest ties to which firms? 
• . . . and much more 

Who should own this book: 

• Institutional investors with private equity investment mandates 
• Any organisation seeking private equity firms as clients 
• General partners seeking to better communicate how they differ from competitors 
• Anyone seeking to build a career within the private equity market