BDO's Tenth Annual Private Equity PErspective Survey
February 2019
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Bracing for a Market Correction, While Uncovering Value
Preparing for a Market Correction
2019 will mark the 10-year anniversary of BDO’s inaugural Private Equity PErspective Survey, which launched amid the Great Recession in 2009. Ten years later, at the tail-end of the longest bull market on record, we stand at the precipice of the next market downturn. We’re overdue.
Most private equity professionals agree that a bear market correction—typically defined as a 20 percent decline in the broader stock market—is in sight. However, predictions on timing vary. KKR, for example, is predicting a “mild recession” in 2019. Blackstone Group LP’s Jon Gray, meanwhile, has gone on record to say he is “willing to bet no recession in 2019.”
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BDO’s Tenth Annual Private Equity PErspective Survey, 89 percent of private equity fund managers expect a prolonged downturn sometime in the next two years. Over one-fifth (22 percent) anticipate a market correction in the next 6-12 months. Meanwhile, more than two-thirds (67 percent) anticipate a market correction in the next 1-2 years...
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