Aberdeen Standard Investments' Senior Investment Director Has Some Advice for GPs

Whit Matthews, senior investment director at Aberdeen Standard Investments, sat down with MMG on the sidelines of the Association for Corporate Growth's InterGrowth conference to talk about what his firm looks for when selecting GPs to work with and some of the common missteps he sees private equity firms make during succession planning. During the conversation, he also described his firm's relationship with independent sponsors, and he commented on some of the broader fundraising and investing trends he's watching. To read more about trends in middle-market private equity investment, visit our website, middlemarketgrowth.org.