Investing in Private Equity

Private equity invest­ments are an estab­lished component of investment port­folios due to their attractive return potential, the diver­si­fi­cation effect in the port­folio and the focus on long-term, sustainable value gener­ation.

The continuous rise in demand has led to a signif­icant expansion of the market over the last 20 years. Careful selection and effective access management will continue to be essential for sustainable success in the future. The past few years, which have been char­ac­terised by crises, have also led to a rethink in terms of value gener­ation. The main focus is no longer solely on financial opti­mi­sation, but on genuine growth based on oper­a­tional added value.

YIELCO focuses on oppor­tu­nities across the various private equity strategies (venture capital, growth capital, buyout, turn­around), partic­u­larly in the buyout area, with a focus on “value investing”. The focus here is on trans­ac­tions that have a higher degree of complexity and can be acquired at low entry valu­a­tions and compa­rably low levels of debt. In its imple­men­tation, YIELCO focuses on managers who have strong oper­a­tional value creation approaches and resources. This approach enables the port­folio to be posi­tioned inde­pen­dently of market cycles and opens up signif­icant return potential while at the same time providing a high level of risk protection. This differ­en­tiated investment strategy has led to an extremely successful port­folio, which YIELCO Private Equity makes available to its investors via broadly diver­sified funds of funds and co-investment funds.

YIELCO’s Private Equity fund of funds offering comprises two programme series that pursue the same strategy but focus on different regions (Europe and the USA). The differ­en­tiated investment focus is on fund managers that pursue a value investing strategy in the small- and mid-market and that are char­ac­terised by a strong oper­a­tional approach to generate value. The indi­vidual programmes typi­cally comprise around 15 fund invest­ments (primaries and secon­daries), which leads to a broad diver­si­fi­cation containing more than 150 companies.

• YIELCO Private Equity USA I, 2016
• YIELCO Private Equity USA II, 2019
• YIELCO Private Equity USA III, 2022
• YIELCO Private Equity Europe I, 2017
• YIELCO Private Equity Europe II, 2021

YIELCO Private Equity’s offering incor­po­rates the indi­vidual, customised devel­opment and expansion of a private equity port­folio across the entire strategy spectrum. The investment focus is on value investing, buyout and growth capital, whereby all size segments can be covered (small to large and mega funds/transactions). Investment oppor­tu­nities include primaries, secon­daries and co-invest­­ments.