Southern Oak Consulting, in Cooperation with PitchBook©, Presents Analysis

FORT WORTH, Texas, July 20, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- A new analysis performed by Southern Oak Consulting using data from the PitchBook© database shows that U.S. private equity funds who used management consultants for operational performance improvement outperformed the Internal Rate of Return (IRR) of their peer groups by an average of 1.52%. Southern Oak Consulting examined 58 U.S. based private equity firms and identified 179 individual funds that:

• Had vintages between 2000 and 2016
• Focused only on U.S. based investments
• Had identifiable IRR's and peer group IRR's as determined by PitchBook©

"Private equity fund managers are constantly evaluating ways to improve performance and growth of the companies in their portfolios," according to Greg Saltsman, Principal at Southern Oak Consulting.  "This data tends to validate an industry maxim that bringing in experienced operators as consultants does have a positive impact on a fund's return, even after taking into account the costs of engaging in those external services."

Review the full report at www.SouthernOakConsulting.com/think

Southern Oak Consulting A management consulting firm specializing in achieving higher returns for private equity investments, headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas. Learn more at SouthernOakConsulting.com.  

PitchBook Founded in 2007, PitchBook is a data provider that tracks every aspect of the private and public markets, specializing in venture capital, private equity and M&A. More than 10,000 professionals access PitchBook's data through the company's award-winning software products. PitchBook is a Morningstar company with offices in Seattle, New York and London.

Contact: Alicia Hicks Southern Oak Consulting (682) 990-3544 [email protected]

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