The continued influence and scale of private equity (PE)-backed corporate takeovers has increased many companies’ interests in learning about the long-term incentive (LTI) strategies that PE firms adopt and implement for their portfolio companies (PortCo).

WTW has conducted its first-ever survey of PE firms and their portfolio companiesOpen in a new tab to determine common plan designs that are established by PE firms at the time of their investment. This follows an August 2022 articleOpen in a new tab, which explained WTW’s findings based on publicly disclosed initial public offering data reported by PE-backed portfolio companies. READ MORE