“LPs have shifted to absolute return vehicles. There will be an event… <and> private equity will get shrapnel, SEC oversight is a real threat.”

Jesse Reyes, circa 2003

Insight

The private equity industry is a $2 trillion industry with analytical techniques and metrics that are rooted in the 1980s when the industry was a tenth the size. In that era return was the most important metric a fund was evaluated by and risk was something that only “public” investments were concerned with.

Some methods and concepts in current use are still applicable. Yet others are quite dated and are not relevant as the industry has matured.

The last decade has seen an explosion in development of methods, techniques and information sources used to assess performance, returns risk and other quantitative metrics. Some of these concepts and methods have become have mainstream metrics. Some areas such as risk measurement are less well-developed or virtually non-existent except in academic working papers or proprietary research.

Working with both academics and practitioners, J-Curve Insight helps the industry raise the bar in its analytical rigor by providing a platform for many of these techniques to be analyzed and evaluated.

New methods and techniques have emerged but have not yet become mainstream. J-Curve Insight provides information and analysis to help GPs apply these techniques to their funds and overall firm strategy.

J-Curve Insight provides commentary, information and highly filtered content necessary to understand the increasingly quantitative and often contradictory information available and used within the market.

Through J-Curve Insight General Partners and other industry professionals will:

  • Understand key industry trends affecting track records, performance and fundraising
  • Be more informed about key concepts, techniques and methodology and definitions through:
    • Illustrated use cases and modules;
    • worksheets; and
    • models
  • Be aware of  recent key industry research findings

Through our commentary, white paper reports and educational resources, J-Curve Insight can help industry professionals understand and effectively apply many of the new tools, analytical techniques and methods in use today.