CFOs and COOs Forum

Neuberger Berman's Brien Smith talks to senior editor Isobel Markham about what he sees as the most important near-term regulatory developments in private funds

The 40-year private equity veteran tells delegates at the CFOs & COOs Forum 2020 about Thoma Bravo’s meteoric scale-up and why he foresees private equity fees taking a hit.

Brien Smith, COO of Neuberger Berman’s private equity division, weighed in on the big industry issues and the profound changes on the horizon.

LPs are warming to sub lines, PE is under political fire and opening up to retail investors could take the ‘private’ out of 'private equity.’

The veteran private equity investor rails against the obsession with personal wealth and calls for more scrutiny of non-financial returns.

Managers often complain that LPs ask for data but don’t do anything with it; investors say this is not the case.

The survey results were discussed onstage at PEI's CFOs & COOs conference in New York on Wednesday.

The SEC's William H Hinman is confirmed to keynote the 17th annual CFOs & COOs Forum in New York in January.

The advisory board has been announced for the forum taking place in London in June 2020.

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