This is the second episode of Other People’s Money, our regular deep dive in to the world sports investment, with my regular co-host Matt Rogan, one of the co-founders of Two Circles and a serial adviser to sports organisations. 

Today the conversation is about private equity. We went to the Victoria offices of Phoenix Capital to talk to Tim Dunn, a partner in the firm. Tim and the company have no interest in sports as an asset class and that’s why we wanted his opinion. It’s an opportunity to look through the eyes of a private equity expert whose view is not coloured by skin in the game. So we talk about how they value businesses, what they look for in management teams, the red flags that can wreck an investment and the question of what happens at the end of the relationship?

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