WINNING THE VALUE CREATION GAME IN PRIVATE EQUITY:

IT‘S ALL ABOUT INTEGRATION.

Expert Study by Keyplayer, Radial and Frankfurt School of Finance & Management
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  • WHY THIS STUDY?

    What answers does this study provide for effective value creation in the private equity business?

    The authors of this study (from left to right: Dr. Sascha Haggenmueller, Sebastian Bretag, Jan Wasner) give you six reasons why this study matters. They explain how the collaboration between Keyplayer, Radial and Frankfurt School of Finance & Management opens up new perspectives and makes an important contribution to the private equity community.

    „Almost everyone in private equity knows what matters – but very few consistently draw the right conclusions from it. Based on more than 100 voices from across the industry, this study reveals the gap between knowing and doing.“

    (Dr. Sascha Haggenmueller, Founder & Managing Director, Radial)

    ABOUT THE AUTHORS

  • WHY THIS STUDY?

    What answers does this study provide for effective value creation in the private equity business?

    The authors of this study (from left to right: Dr. Sascha Haggenmueller, Sebastian Bretag, Jan Wasner) give you six reasons why this study matters. They explain how the collaboration between Keyplayer, Radial and Frankfurt School of Finance & Management opens up new perspectives and makes an important contribution to the private equity community.

    „We wanted to understand what really drives value creation – not in theory, but in the day-to-day reality of deals. The answers are more candid and more uncomfortable than many polished frameworks would have you believe.“

    (Sebastian Bretag, Founder & CEO, Keyplayer)

    ABOUT THE AUTHORS

  • WHY THIS STUDY?

    What answers does this study provide for effective value creation in the private equity business?

    The authors of this study (from left to right: Dr. Sascha Haggenmueller, Sebastian Bretag, Jan Wasner) give you six reasons why this study matters. They explain how the collaboration between Keyplayer, Radial and Frankfurt School of Finance & Management opens up new perspectives and makes an important contribution to the private equity community.

    „Everyone talks about AI, but hardly anyone talks about the data foundation behind it. This study shows the sequence in which value creation actually works – and where the industry gets in its own way.“

    (Jan Wasner, Head of Value Creation, Radial)

    ABOUT THE AUTHORS

  • WHY THIS STUDY?

    What answers does this study provide for effective value creation in the private equity business?

    The authors of this study (from left to right: Bastian Cammann, Tina Kleingarn, Prof. Dr. Ronald Gleich) give you six reasons why this study matters. They explain how the collaboration between Keyplayer, Radial and Frankfurt School of Finance & Management opens up new perspectives and makes an important contribution to the private equity community.

    „Strong people decisions can become either the most expensive or the most valuable lever in a portfolio. For the first time, this study provides robust data on how to identify the difference early on.“

    (Bastian Cammann, Co-CEO, Keyplayer)

    ABOUT THE AUTHORS

  • WHY THIS STUDY?

    What answers does this study provide for effective value creation in the private equity business?

    The authors of this study (from left to right: Bastian Cammann, Tina Kleingarn, Prof. Dr. Ronald Gleich) give you six reasons why this study matters. They explain how the collaboration between Keyplayer, Radial and Frankfurt School of Finance & Management opens up new perspectives and makes an important contribution to the private equity community.

    „Exit success is not determined in the year of sale, but long before. This study shows what investors need to do differently from day one to sell momentum at the end – rather than the past.“

    (Tina Kleingarn, Advisory Board Member, Keyplayer)

    ABOUT THE AUTHORS

  • WHY THIS STUDY?

    What answers does this study provide for effective value creation in the private equity business?

    The authors of this study (from left to right: Bastian Cammann, Tina Kleingarn, Prof. Dr. Ronald Gleich) give you six reasons why this study matters. They explain how the collaboration between Keyplayer, Radial and Frankfurt School of Finance & Management opens up new perspectives and makes an important contribution to the private equity community.

    „The study provides an empirically robust foundation for a topic that has often been discussed largely on gut feeling – and reveals how People, Data and Time interact.“

    (Prof. Dr. Ronald Gleich, Frankfurt School of Finance & Management)

    ABOUT THE AUTHORS

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    WINNING THE VALUE CREATION GAME IN PRIVATE EQUITY:

    IT‘S ALL ABOUT INTEGRATION.

    Our 36-page study demonstrates that sustainable value creation in private equity is driven above all by the consistent integration of the dimensions PEOPLE (management quality and clear accountability), DATA (a robust and harmonized data foundation) and TIME (speed of execution and exit readiness). Value creation does not result from isolated measures, but from an integrated steering model that synchronizes these three factors throughout the entire deal cycle. The key is to treat operational excellence, data capabilities and timing as one integrated system and to address them early on.

    The study is structured into three chapters along the deal cycle: from “Deal & First 100 Days” through the “Holding Period” to the “Exit”. Throughout all three phases, the integration of People, Data and Time remains the key to sustainable value creation. Key insights and concrete recommendations for action for private equity firms round off the findings from more than 100 interviews with institutional investors and managers of portfolio companies.

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