Beginning with the End in Mind: Exits and Buyer Competition in the Industrial Sector - Part A

In the latest episode of BDO’s Private Equity PErspectives Podcast, host Todd Kinney speaks with Laurence Lederer, Partner at HKW Management, and Peter Calamari, Managing Director at Platte River Equity, to discuss:How longer hold times, lagging exits, and competition from strategic buyers are shaping deal timing on both the buy side and sell sideWhy beginning with the end in mind, tracking exit readiness, and building deep subsector expertise can help firms create flexibility in a bifurcated marketWhere capital deployment discipline is showing up today, including rigorous underwriting, thematic sourcing, value creation planning, and a focus on resilient industrial businesses