Category: Deals
05/21/13
10:04:00 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com 
, 182 words 
Categories: Deals, Various Market Info, Market Characteristics, Regulation
Keywords: Private Equity, Private Equity Trends, Regulation, Impact of Regulation on Private Equity Deal Activity
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Veröffentlicht am 30.04.2013
"Speakers:
Leon Black, Chairman and CEO, Apollo Global Management, LLC
David… more »
01/25/13
11:22:27 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 10 words
Categories: Deals, Market Characteristics
Keywords: Investment Climate, Investment Strategy, Private Equity, Global Economy, China more »
12/08/12
10:55:47 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 195 words
Categories: Deals, Valuation, Statistics, Performance Measurement, Corporate Governance, Market Characteristics
The answer seems to be clearly No, as a new study shows:Bargeron, Leonce, Schlingemann, Frederik P., Zutter, Chad J. and Stulz, Rene M., Does Target CEO Retention in Acquisitions Involving Private Equity Acquirers Harm Target Shareholders? (December… more »
11/18/12
08:27:08 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 163 words
Categories: Deals, Corporate Governance, Asia, Entrepreneurship/Leadership/Innovation, Market Characteristics, Market Structure, Regulation
Braegger, Stefan, Private Equity - Accessing China Through Private Markets (July 16, 2012). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2132623 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2132623Abstract: "The re-balancing of China's economy will offe… more »
11/09/12
07:40:34 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 236 words
Categories: Deals, Corporate Governance, Entrepreneurship/Leadership/Innovation
A 2009 survey (see below) showed that "building wealth" is an important objective for entrepreneurs. Private equity offers an excellent opportunity for entrepreneurial managers to achieve such goal. Wadhwa, Vivek, Holly, Krisztina, Aggarwal, Raj and… more »
10/25/12
12:25:03 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 92 words
Categories: Deals, Investment Strategy, Market Characteristics
CNN Money: The next generation of pre-IPO financing? October 23, 2012Buyout firms have a new strategy for reducing portfolio company debt. FORTUNE -- I recently wrote about private equity's golden hangover, or the glut of large-cap companies that… more »
10/20/12
10:29:02 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 115 words
Categories: Deals, Market Characteristics
WSJ: Debt Fuels a Dividend Boom; Firms Collect Payouts, and Investors Get Yield; 'Reminiscent of the Bubble Era', Oct. 18, 2012Private-equity firms are adding debt to the companies they own in order to fund payouts to themselves, a controversial prac… more »
10/11/12
06:46:04 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 186 words
Categories: Deals, Valuation, Statistics, Performance Measurement, Various Market Info, Asia
Fang, Lily H., Ivashina, Victoria and Lerner, Josh, The Disintermediation of Financial Markets: Direct Investing in Private Equity (October 9, 2012). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2159229Abstract: "One of the important issues i… more »
07/10/12
11:51:35 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 282 words
Categories: Deals, Valuation, Market Characteristics
Fidrmuc, Jana P., Roosenboom, Peter, Paap, Richard and Teunissen, Tim, One Size Does Not Fit All: Selling Firms to Private Equity Versus Strategic Acquirers (May 15, 2012). Journal of Corporate Finance, Forthcoming. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abs… more »
06/03/12
08:50:36 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 5 words
Categories: Deals, Various Market Info, Entrepreneurship/Leadership/Innovation, Market Characteristics
Keywords: Private Equity, Venture Capital more »
05/27/12
The bashing of Mitt Romney's entrepreneurial role by Obama election team members is in fact a scandal. This should be a definitive weak up call for any American earning his money in the free market place.Investors.com: The Real Scandal Is Obama's Pub… more »
04/16/12
02:21:15 pm, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 246 words
Categories: Deals, Performance Measurement, Corporate Governance
Noe, Thomas H., Blood and Money: Kin Altruism and the Governance of the Family Firm (April 15, 2012). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2039870
Abstract:
"This paper develops a theory of family-firm governance based on inclusive fit… more »
03/14/12
09:56:15 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 21 words
Categories: Deals, Statistics, Market Characteristics
Linklaters has a great new study on European LBO debt:
Linklaters: Negotiating Europe’s LBO debt mountain, 2012
Keywords: Private Equity, LBO Debt more »
03/03/12
07:44:00 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 122 words
Categories: Deals, Valuation, Performance Measurement, Market Characteristics, Regulation
Achleitner, Ann-Kristin and Figge, Christian, Private Equity Lemons? Evidence on Value Creation in Secondary Buyouts (January 12, 2012). European Financial Management, Forthcoming. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1983909
Abstract:
"This… more »
02/25/12
07:30:31 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 56 words
Categories: Deals, Investment Strategy, Entrepreneurship/Leadership/Innovation, Regulation
AEI: Government Is a Lousy Venture Capitalist, by Kenneth P. Green, Feb. 24, 2012While government has a legitimate and valuable role in basic science, technology, engineering, and mathematics research, it is a lousy venture capitalist and is largely… more »
02/22/12
06:45:16 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 137 words
Categories: Deals, Valuation, Statistics, Performance Measurement, Market Characteristics
Higson, Chris and Stucke, Rüdiger, The Performance of Private Equity (February 16, 2012). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2009067
Abstract:
"We present conclusive evidence on the performance of private equity, using a high quality datas… more »
02/20/12
01:51:15 pm, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 83 words
Categories: Deals, Investment Strategy, Market Structure
Not long ago many people in the financial markets believed that globally integrated firms will be the winners. Practical life shows that strong local networks and know how are key to private equity players - not only in Brazil as shown in the video below… more »
08:50:04 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 61 words
Categories: Deals, Performance Measurement, Market Characteristics
Following paper is some years old but still important as it shows that capital structure matters a lot in designing incentive schemes which do not create moral hazard issues. Debt is an important factor in such structuring.
Koufopoulos, Kostas, Manag… more »
02/09/12
11:53:00 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 17 words
Categories: Deals, Valuation, Statistics, Market Structure
PE Hub: European Buyout Market in 2011: A Slideshow of Highlights, Feb. 9, 2012Keywords: Private Equity, LBO, Buy Out more »
01/30/12
07:22:41 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 28 words
Categories: Deals, Investment Strategy, Performance Measurement, Market Characteristics
The Facebook IPO could fuel fund raising for social media related companies:
WSJ: Facebook IPO: Is Another VC Boom on the Horizon? Jan. 27, 2012
Keywords: IPO, Tech Companies, Facebook more »
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