Private Equity News & Analysis Private Equity Deals & Transactions Capital alone is no longer the deciding factor for management teams evaluating potential GP partners, argued CEOs from Eurazeo, Astorg and Ridgepost at an industry event on Wednesday. Mid-market management teams are becoming more demanding of the GPs with which they partner, a conference has heard. Panellists at IPEM Global in Paris on Wednesday argued that portfolio company chief executives now have the upper hand when selecting private equity partners.

Differentiators among GPs could include a particular focus on buy and builds, a sector specialisation or a track record internationalising their companies.