The Private Equity industry has come under increasingly hostile fire since 2007, regularly portrayed as a force for bad, rather than good, on the corporate landscape. It’s a perception we feel should be challenged.
We are at the forefront of moves to make our industry more transparent and accountable, as recommended in the Walker Report in 2007. Although the Walker recommendations were aimed at much larger Private Equity companies than Duke Street, we’ve taken on board it's recommendations – for instance publishing an annual report and publicising details of our performance.