Private Equity PErspectives Podcast - Episode 2

Episode 002: Ardian Director’s Outlook for Investors’ Appetite for U.S. Exposure

Derek Lim, a director at Ardian, joins BDO’s Private Equity podcast about one year after the launch of the private equity firms’ first North American Buyouts Fund. Hosted by BDO’s Todd Kinney, this episode covers emerging trends in lower middle market investing, including:

• Growing appetite from Asian and European banks to finance the U.S. middle market
• NAFTA negotiations’ influence on PE-backed companies’ international expansion plans
• Outlook for private equity deal making in early 2018 including high leverage rates. 

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