New pricing patterns and rising competitiveness are helping to distinguish GP-leds from the LP-led side of the secondaries market.
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An owner of a mid-sized business seeking an investor who will partner with them over the long term will find one here. Alignment of interests, in our view, is the key to successful private equity investing.
We have access to colleagues who also spend their time thinking about the energy industry–research analysts, investment bankers, commodities traders and financial advisors in energy hub cities. Collectively, they extend our network well beyond the range of a typical middle-market private equity fund.
We are patient and long-term capital providers. We seek to add value by structuring transactions consistent with a portfolio company's strategic and financial goals. Additionally, we seek to add value throughout the investment horizon by leveraging Morgan Stanley’s global network, industry expertise and purchasing power.
What I find most rewarding about our strategy is that no one succeeds unless the entire pie grows and everyone gets their fair share. When we first meet, many business owners have sacrificed both time and financial security. Seeing the impact of success on our entrepreneurs is very satisfying.
We seek to build lasting relationships with best-in-class local real estate partners in markets around the world who share our investing philosophy, and can join forces with our seasoned investment team to unlock value.
We believe that efficient and well-functioning infrastructure is hugely beneficial for society. Therefore, it is a privilege to be in a position to transform and improve infrastructure assets while targeting attractive returns for our investors.
Our team’s structuring expertise, complemented by Morgan Stanley’s broad capabilities and transaction knowledge, enable us to address a company’s unique capital needs or idiosyncratic risks.
With a broad investment mandate, we are able to pursue complex opportunities and seek to build an uncorrelated portfolio of attractive investments.
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