Private Equity
<p>Welcome back - and we hope you enjoyed the rest and relaxation of the festive period. </p> <p> </p>
2 min read · 04 February 2013
<p>A seasoned private equity practitioner who spends considerable time scrutinising the industry recently confessed to PEO that the practice had, in truth, fallen far short of the theory. </p> <p> </p>
3 min read · 04 February 2013
<p>Fair value is here to stay. This method of valuation, deemed inappropriate for private equity by so many general partners, is gaining unmistakable momentum within the industry and looks likely to take over the entire world.</p> <p> </p>
2 min read · 04 February 2013
<p>What do a fund of funds manager in Boston, a partner in a venture capital fund in Munich, the founder of a buyout group in Dubai and an investment manager for a government agency in Singapore have in common? For a start, they are just a few of the many hundreds of voters who have already contributed to our Global Private Equity poll for 2005. </p> <p> </p>
2 min read · 04 February 2013
<p>Private equity was the ’hot topic’ at Davos, and it continues to preoccupy Wall Street and European bankers. However, people outside this rather small circle are having a hard time understanding what the growth of private equity should mean to them. This ambivalence could present a challenge to the continued success of the industry.</p> <p> </p>
3 min read · 04 February 2013
<p>A deal was announced this week that may serve as a template for the future of the alternative investment industry, crazy as this may seem. To wit, a New York buyout firm has teamed with its affiliated Japanese holding company which is listed on a Belgian stock exchange to co-invest in a Cairo-based bank together with a hedge fund that has a side pocket for private equity deals.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p>
2 min read · 04 February 2013
<p>Is it a bubble? Record amounts of institutional capital have been flowing into large-cap buyout funds, and there are few signs of a slowdown any time soon. </p>
3 min read · 04 February 2013
<p>The logic is hard to fault, and the calibre of its proponents suggests that it can only be meaningful. Co-investment by limited partners alongside their GPs looks sufficiently compelling to prompt the question: “why aren’t more people doing it?”</p> <p> </p>
3 min read · 04 February 2013
<p>Private equity is a truly international business, and is shaping companies and economies around the world. </p> <p> </p>
3 min read · 04 February 2013
<p>Deal flow has been described as the Holy Grail for GP groups, particularly for those operating in the ultra-competitive mid-market. Take the French private equity scene, for example. Here, perhaps more than anywhere else in Europe, identifying primary assets on a proprietary basis is becoming as much the stuff of myth and legend as the romantic quests undertaken by the knights of ancient Christendom. </p> <p> </p>
3 min read · 04 February 2013
