Civc Partners Roundtable On Managing Private Equity Investments In Turbulent Economic Times

This roundtable brings together four representatives of CIVC Partners to discuss strategies for private equity investing in the current economic environment. As one of the seven private equity investment arms of Bank of America, CIVC Partners manages over $700 million in private equity capital provided exclusively by the bank. CIVC's primary investment focus is leveraged buyouts and growth equity investments in mid‐sized corporations in North America. Following a brief report on the state of the private equity market, the discussion begins with an “open book examination” of CIVC's response to the current market reality. From the fundamentals of their investment strategy to the pursuit of “relative values,” CIVC's partners explain how their approach attempts to deal with the reduced margin for error in equity investing. In the second half of the discussion, the partners describe their focus on portfolio company investing and the importance of the due diligence process in contributing to their track record.