firm

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8 statements across 7 episodes · 2 bullish · 5 bearish · 7 people on the record · first statement Nov 4, 2019 by Dawn Fitzpatrick · said 1 times in 1 episodes since 2020 · across every show →

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Nov 4, 2019 negative
Disclosure
Fitzpatrick: A 6% IRR PE manager asked Soros for a fee-paying extension
“We just had a firm that asked for an extension. The results of the so far have been poor. It's like a six percent IRR. They're asking for an extension where they want us to pay a management fee while they extend the call option of their performance fee.”
Dawn Fitzpatrick Nov 4, 2019 ▶ 39:35 Dawn Fitzpatrick – Multi-Faceted Investing at Soros Fund Management (Capital Allocators, EP.112)
Aug 31, 2020 negative
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Wittenberg: All-white firms will not survive to 2050
“Our country is going to be more than 50% diverse in 2050. Our workforce in 20 50 will be more than 50% diverse. If you're not addressing these things today, if you're just a bunch of white men, that firm ain't gonna make it to 20 50.”
Joel Wittenberg Aug 31, 2020 ▶ 34:24 Diversity, Equity & Inclusion 4: Joel Wittenberg – A Prescription for the Future (Capital Allocators, EP.154)
Dec 9, 2021 negative
Insight
Failing VC generational transitions outnumber successful ones by orders of magnitude
“The number of firms that have failed in generational transition outnumbers by orders of magnitude the numbers of firms that have had successful generational transitions.”
Chris Douvos Dec 9, 2021 ▶ 7:21 Bill Trenchard - First Round Capital (Manager Meetings, EP.23)
Oct 31, 2022 positive
Assertion Supported
Rees: Large Private Equity Fund Returns Defied the Conventional Scale Penalty
“While there was this prevailing wisdom that as firms got bigger, the returns would suffer the last several years. Was antithetical to that.”
Michael Rees Oct 31, 2022 ▶ 50:59 Michael Rees – Inside GP Stakes at Dyal Capital (Capital Allocators, EP.278)
Aug 5, 2024 positive
Disclosure
Simkin: Susquehanna holds positions to maturity unless underlying information changes
“Part of the culture of the firm is one in which we are Finding edges wherever we can find them, but then capturing all of it by either holding to maturity or holding to expiration or closing at an appropriate rate when we have either new information or where t…”
Todd Simkin Aug 5, 2024 ▶ 44:07 Todd Simkin - Game of Trading at Susquehanna (EP.399)
Feb 10, 2025 bearish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Charles: High-performing PE firms will miss fundraising targets in coming years
“There is tremendous unrealized value and unrealized gain Managed by really talented people and the firms that they're a part of are going to come to market in the next 12 to 24 months, and they will not achieve the fundraising target that they need to feed all…”
Ian Charles Feb 10, 2025 ▶ 24:38 Ian Charles - Private Equity's New Rules (EP.431)
Feb 10, 2025 bearish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Charles: Private equity faces a massive maturity wall in 2025 and 2026
“There is a maturity wall coming in 25 and 26 for a ton of firms who've been able to bootstrap it and scrape through the last three or four years.”
Ian Charles Feb 10, 2025 ▶ 23:40 Ian Charles - Private Equity's New Rules (EP.431)
Jul 14, 2025
Insight
Sullivan: PE firms must pre-position ahead of auctions to manage risk
“In a world where it is so crowded and competitive and expensive, firms need to figure out today a way to get ahead of those processes, not so that they're necessarily buying businesses outside of auctions or buying them at bargain prices because the sellers ar…”
Tim Sullivan Jul 14, 2025 ▶ 13:29 Tim Sullivan – Yale's Private Portfolio (EP.456)
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