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Jon Moulton: Private equity needs to ditch its tired mantras

The truisms thrown out ad nauseam at private equity conferences often lack sincerity or any true insight

There is little creativity in the tropes that PE commentators like to repeat
There is little creativity in the tropes that PE commentators like to repeat Photo: Getty Images

Veteran financier Jon Moulton has been involved in buyouts, turnarounds and venture capital since 1979 with firms such as CVC, Permira, Apax, Alchemy and, most recently, Better Capital, where he has been the chair since 2009

You can see that some things have not changed much over the decades. Many pundits, somehow, get away with great repetition.

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