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NVPE Editorial
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PE has discovered a wonderful new trick.
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The private equity industry is about to discover that DPI is a little harder to fake than EBITDA addbacks.
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Most PE value erosion happens in the deals nobody is worried about.
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Private equity fundraising has turned into a very well dressed queue outside a nightclub.
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Bain’s 2026 CEO Agenda is basically a 16 page diagnosis of corporate self-deception.
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The 90 day plan is not the problem. Day 91 is.
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The Private Equity Value Creation Glossary: 14 Operating Terms PE Investors Actually Use (2026)
A plain-English glossary of the 14 operating and value-creation terms private equity investors actually use in 2026, each defined in two sentences with links to the full explainer.
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The Doubled Hurdle: Why Every Private Equity Return Now Runs Through the Operator CFO
The return math in private equity quietly reset. The growth a deal needs has roughly doubled, and it has to come out of the business, not the cap table. The seat that clears it is the CFO, redefined.