Private Equity: Value Creation Under New Rate Regimes

Higher interest rates have fundamentally changed how private equity assets are priced, financed, and exited. Panelists will examine how valuation discipline, bid-ask spreads, and liquidity constraints are reshaping value creation as leverage becomes more expensive and exits more selective. These experts will discuss how firms are underwriting growth, managing duration, and sequencing liquidity across IPOs, secondaries, continuation vehicles, and partial exits. The conversation will focus on price discovery, capital recycling, and how private equity returns are generated when markets are less forgiving. How are firms bridging valuation gaps in today’s market? Which liquidity paths are proving most reliable in a higher-rate regime?