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We were commended for understanding the value that customer experience has on building the Brand’s positive reputation and, ultimately, the difference it makes to our business success and customer success.

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Key findings:

Global private equity distributions have exceeded capital calls significantly for the past five years.
Positive net distributions even accelerated in 2017, possibly leading to significant funds commitments in 2018.
The current phase is exceptional in its duration and the size of the gap (Figure 1).
Strikingly, the pace of capital deployment – measured as a proportion of committed capital – is slower than during the worst of the 2007-09 crisis.
This slow deployment is evidence of investment discipline by fund managers, and a signifier of a build-up of dry powder.
This could translate into a further extension of investment periods for active funds.
Since 2014 capital calls have remain below the lowest point of 2009 and are minimal since 2015.

Figure 1 – Global private equity capital calls and distributions by quarter

Source: eFront INSIGHT, As of Q4, 2017

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