Category: Corporate Governance

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01/03/09

Masulis, Ronald W. and Thomas, Randall S.,Does Private Equity Create Wealth? The Effects of Private Equity and Derivatives on Corporate Governance(September 29, 2008). Vanderbilt Law and Economics Research Paper No. 08-20; ECGI - Law Working Paper No. 11… more »

12/24/08

TheMcKinseyQuarterly: The voice of experience: Public versus private equity "When asked to compare the overall effectiveness of PE and public boards, 15 of the 20 respondents said that PE boards clearly added more value; none said that their public… more »

12/03/08

In a letter to the members of the European Venture Capital Association (EVCA), Chairman Russell tries to differentiate private equity from hedge funds. Such efforts should have been undertaken a bit more early... Brussels, 3 December 2008 Update on… more »

11/02/08

Corporate Governance and Value Creation: Evidence from Private Equity by Viral V. Acharya and Conor Kehoe, London Business School, May 2008 Paper abstract: "We examine deal-level data on private equity transactions in the UK initiated during the pe… more »

10/17/08

The Internal Governance of Firms1 Viral V. Acharya Stewart Myers Raghuram Rajan, LBS, NYU and CEPR MIT and NBER GSB Chicago and NBER, Sept. 2008 "Indeed, going private transactions may be viewed as ones which take place when external governance is… more »

08/10/08

Achleitner, Ann-Kristin, Schraml, Stephanie and Tappeiner, Florian,Private Equity in Familienunternehmen (Erfahrungen mit Minderheitsbeteiligungen)(April 7, 2008). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=11179032008 Paper abstract: "The paper… more »

06/24/08

Private Equity Entities and Conglomerates: What are the Differences?, Ann-Kristin Achleitner, Center for Entrepreneurial and Financial Studies, Technische Universität München, TUM Business School, Kay Mueller, Munich University of Technology - Center for… more »

05/02/08

DIW Berlin: Die Bedeutung von Buy-Outs/Ins für unternehmerische Effizienz, Effektivität und Corporate Governance, Studie von Dorothea Schäfer und Alexander Fisher im Auftrag des Bundesverbands der deutschen Kapitalbeteiligungsgesellschaft(BVK), Berlin,… more »

04/19/08

Permalink 11:53:23 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com, 498 words   English (US)
Categories: Corporate Governance
In the course of the latest financial crisis companies and institutions started to establish various Code of Governance. The latest major initiative has been started by banks which try to avoid that the regulator will set the framework for their future a… more »

03/12/08

Permalink 06:57:22 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com, 193 words   English (US)
Categories: Investment Strategy, Corporate Governance
Michael H. Grote Private Equity im Mittelstand – Mythos und Realität, Michael H. Grote, Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universität, Frankfurt, Nov. 2007 Private Equity is often subject to misunderstandings in the public perception. M. H. Grote from Johann Wo… more »

12/27/07

Permalink 12:28:24 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com Email , 245 words   English (US)
Categories: Corporate Governance
We have posted many entries about corporate governance in public and private corporations. Several times we pointed out that public corporations as well as family owned firms could learn a lot from professional private equity players regarding firm gover… more »

09/13/07

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Categories: Corporate Governance
Hedge Fund Positioning Paper of the Swiss Federal Banking Commission, September 2007 more »

08/15/07

"The Economic Case for Private Equity", M.C.Jensen, Harvard Business School, The Monitor Company, SSEP, February 13, 2007 In a Private Equity conference at HBS this year Prof. M. Jensen pointed out that private equity is "best thought of as a new and… more »

07/28/07

Permalink 09:14:43 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com, 218 words   English (US)
Categories: Corporate Governance
Recent public debates have often be critical towards private equity and hedge funds. These debates distracted from the fact that active equity investors can play an important role in not perfect capital markets. In a recent study about the implications o… more »

07/22/07

Permalink 05:02:03 pm, by editor of MarketObservation.com Email , 224 words   English (US)
Categories: Corporate Governance
The British Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (BVCA) formed a working group under the Chairmanship of Sir David Walker to examine ways in which levels of disclosure in companies backed by the UK private equity industry could be improved. The… more »

06/21/07

Permalink 07:53:35 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com Email , 454 words   English (US)
Categories: Corporate Governance
There has been a European wide debate about more regulation of he private equity industry. After having published on 6 November 2006 a discussion paper about its "regulatory engagement" in private equity the British Regulator FSA now decided in June… more »

03/11/07

Permalink 01:10:41 pm, by editor of MarketObservation.com Email , 88 words   English (US)
Categories: Corporate Governance
Code of Conduct for Disclosure (New York Times) European private equity firms are worrying about their reputation. We have seen in earlier posts that private equity firms are under criticism for their rather aggressive behavior and were called 'locust… more »

03/02/07

Permalink 07:43:04 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com Email , 128 words   English (US)
Categories: Corporate Governance
We have seen a wave of public and private companies which implemented or tried to implement coherent corporate governance rules and code of conducts. This wave has definitely been initiated by the major corporate scandals in the public sector. Best pract… more »

02/04/07

Permalink 11:56:48 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com Email , 138 words   English (US)
Categories: Corporate Governance
Management ownership is a key issue in private equity transactions. Attached paper explores the impact of management characteristics and managerial ownership on a firm’s innovation performance. The researchers from Cambridge and Oxford universties find s… more »

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