General Partners Anticipate a Slow and Steady Recovery for Private Equity in 2013: Manufacturing, Technology and Latin America Are Expected to Provide Compelling Investment Opportunities in the Year Ahead

Abstract

The authors’ survey suggests that general partners anticipate a slow and steady recovery for private equity in 2013. To take the pulse of the industry and identify the key challenges and opportunities that will impact private equity in 2013, the private equity practice at BDO USA, LLP, conducted its fourth annual Perspective Private Equity Study from November through December 2012. This year’s study, which examined the opinions of more than 100 senior professionals at private equity firms throughout the United States, found that despite a disappointing year in 2012, private equity professionals remain confident in the industry’s sustained recovery.