Global Private Equity in 2015: Growth, Pressures, Challenges, Solutions

GLOBAL PRIVATE EQUITY IN 2015: GROWTH, PRESSURES, CHALLENGES, SOLUTIONS The outlook is promising for the private equity sector, but with growth comes new pressures, demands, operational challenges and the search for solutions. SunGard asked 151 leaders in global private equity to identify the key industry trends. THE INDUSTRY IS 96% GROWING AND of GPs are considering offering a broader range of funds with more diversified strategies CHANGING BUT PRESSURES ARE MOUNTING 78% of both GPs and LPs expect private equity fees to fall, and. 84% think private equity fees are being simplified 89% of GPs experience regulatory challenges today, and. 90% believe those challenges will persist or increase over the next two years WITH NEW DEMANDS FROM LPS 42% 87% Yet, only of GPs believe LPs demand more information 21% of LPs wantto increase the amount of monitoring they do on underlying portfolio companies, and today than in the past, with 1/3 saying LP demands can sometimes be unrealistic of GPs have invested in new technologies to cope AND OPERATIONAL CHALLENGES TO OVERCOME GPs and LPs say their ability to manage data and reporting is limited by: 81% 78%)( 78% 77% 69% dealing with multiple service providers underinvestment in data and analytics solutions skills shortages lack of system integration lack of access to automatic reconciliation facilities BUT GPS AND LPS SEE A SOLUTION 8/10 GPs and LPs believe that technology investment has substantial potential to improve decision making at their r organizations And more than 57% of LPs believe technology can provide scale without adding staff WANT TO LEARN MORE? DOWNLOAD THE GLOBAL PRIVATE EQUITY REPORT 2015. SunGard can help. In a world that insists on being kept informed, private equity firms need a ready ability to transform data into useful, digestible, reportable insight Investran, Data Exchange and LP Solutions can help deliver the intelligence needed to support internal and external stakeholder reporting -and, even more critically, investment decisions. CONTACT US to learn more at sungard.com/private-equity SUNGARD