Media centre / Duke Street is at the forefront of making the Private Equity industry more transparent. A key ingredient for achieving greater transparency is better communication with all stakeholders. In particular, this involves providing more information on Duke Street financial performance and strategy. Over time, the media centre will become a hub for communicating Duke Street news and house various media interviews, FAQs, event details and podcasts.
Private Equity: A Duke Street perspective
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.
Walker Report
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.