Asking The Right Questions

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Originally published in Private Debt Investor © 2015 Private Debt Investor, PEI Media As direct lending attracts more potential customers, lenders are tapping vertical industry experts to help them efficiently assess opportunities. Michael Ferrari, head of new client development at Guidepoint, explores the trend. Direct lending continues to be identified as one of the most […]

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Five Best Practices For PE Firms Conducting Expert Research

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Private equity firms run on research. Many use research services providers to connect them to knowledgeable experts who can shed light on the industries, companies, and trends they need to understand. Why? By working with these providers, analysts are able to present their deal teams with deeper insights, faster. But to be effective, PE analysts […]

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Six Best Practices for Developing Expert Surveys

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When you need quantitative insights fast, many firms turn to expert surveys conducted by research services providers. Surveys enable users to reach a large number of experts in a short amount of time. And with multiple data points revealed at once, analysts can obtain statistically significant understandings, pinpointing where experts are in agreement and where […]

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Best Practices in Healthcare Commercial Assessment

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Bill Lief discusses best practices in healthcare commercial assessment with Guidepoint Director of Healthcare Research, Ashlee Dunston. Primary research is an effective tool to determine whether your preliminary hypotheses about a product and market are valid, and to identify important market dynamics that should be considered. – Bill Lief, President, Accelerated Rx Analytics, LLC After […]

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