Private Equity Investors Need to Keep Up With Data Analytics

If you had a key that could unlock a shortcut to business achievement and professional success, wouldn’t you use it? The obvious answer would be yes, of course — but today, some private equity firms are fumbling with the metaphorical lock.  Big data and advanced analytics pose an incredible opportunity for growth and achievement in the private equity sector. In a financial landscape where assets are expensive, deals competitive, and stakes high, the strategic insights that advanced analytics can provide are clearly invaluable. As one writer for Bain & Company frames the matter, “These emerging technologies can offer fund managers…...