In-depth PE-ople crisis: ‘Everyone’s running out of candidates’

Private equity houses have been on an acquisition spree in the past 12 months, but there is still one asset that many of them are struggling to obtain: people.

Buyout shops are racing to raise larger funds, expand into new markets and deploy vast warchests of capital, but the growth spurt has led to a dearth of new talent for hire and an upwards spiralling of salaries, according to industry executives and recruiters. READ MORE