Podcast
Grace Under Pressure – Treasury in a Private Equity Setting
The fundamental goal of a private equity (PE) house – an investment firm that specialises in acquiring, building, and disposing of businesses – is to use its (often institutional) investors’ funds to buy companies it considers to be of ‘improvable value’. It will then set out a broad strategy to achieve that value, with the […]
Blog
How Private Equity Firms Incur and Manage FX Costs
Many private equity firms find themselves exposed to currency movements in their day-to-day operations yet give FX risk management very little consideration, says Joe McKenna, Global Head of Institutional Solutions, MillTechFX. Here he lays out the ways in which such businesses might incur FX risk – and how they can mitigate this. As private equity […]

