Shifting Dynamics in Private Equity featuring Brian Bernasek and Steve Wise

About this episode

In this episode, Jason discusses private equity dynamics with Brian Bernasek and Steve Wise from Carlyle.

In this episode, Jason is joined by Brian Bernasek and Steve Wise, Co-Heads of Americas Corporate Private Equity at Carlyle, who share what they are seeing across their portfolio, from sector growth trends and the role of AI to the current state of M&A activity and distributions. Our research disclosure is available at https://www.carlyle.com/notices-and-disclaimers.

People in this episode

Host: Jason

Guests: Brian Bernasek, Steve Wise

Topics covered

• private equity
• M&A activity
• AI in investing
• sector growth trends
• portfolio management

Keywords

• private equity
• M&A
• AI
• sector trends
• Carlyle
• investing
• portfolio

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Carlyle

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