Semaphore’s 2016 Confidence Survey Highlights!

“Oh, oh!” At least that was my thought as initial results came trickling in on the 8th annual Semaphore Confidence Survey. It showed a trend where, for the first time, our colleagues were reporting not only that they earned less in 2015 than the year before but that...

The Results to Semaphore’s Annual Confidence Survey Are In!

Semaphore’s 2017 Semaphore Confidence Survey Highlights All Trump. All the time. Why should the PE community be any different? The often virulent opinion directed at the President and attendant fears about the capacity of the White House team appears to have no...

No Sand Between Our Toes (2017)

Don’t let work problems eclipse the chance to shine I’ve been looking for an inspiration to our annual tome. Onboarding another fund might be something to talk about – nope, we do that all the time. Perhaps spending the summer with forensic accountants laboring...

Semaphore’s 2020 Confidence Survey Results Are In!

Semaphore’s 2020 Confidence Survey Highlights “Bubble, baby!” This was my favorite economic analysis comment in this year’s 12th Semaphore Confidence Survey. You have opinions! In our dozen years of surveying the confidence of our industry, personal abilities,...

Semaphore’s 2018 Annual Survey Is Here!

Semaphore’s 2018 Confidence Survey Professionals in our industry seek to invest in disruptive technologies and investment markets. We all thought 2016 was a turbulent political mess. How much more disruptive was 2017? Could 2018 be even more so? From tweets to tax...