Category: Asia
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 »
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 »
04/26/12
Marginal Revolution: The falling returns to venture capital, April 25, 2012
Keywords: Venture Capital, Venture Capital Returns more »
01/12/12
09:54:13 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 12 words
Categories: Asia, Entrepreneurship/Leadership/Innovation, Market Characteristics
Keywords: Private Equity, Job Creation by Government, Job Creation by Private Initiative more »
10/14/11
02:29:04 pm, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 93 words
Categories: Various Market Info, Asia, Entrepreneurship/Leadership/Innovation
Private Equity has become an important economic sector in the Canton of Zoug, Switzerland. The Canton has HQ's of such firms as Partners Group and Landis & Gyr (private equity backed for years, now Toshiba). The Zoug Economic Chamber and the Swiss Ve… more »
05/02/11
06:31:44 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 149 words
Categories: Asia, Market Characteristics
Shen, Wei, China’S Dilemma: How Can a Weak Company Law Regime Support a Strong Market for International Private Equity Investments? - a Real “Piggybacking” Case (November 29, 2010). Business Law International. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=… more »
11/14/10
08:04:26 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 232 words
Categories: Investment Strategy, Asia, Market Characteristics
Sasso, Lorenzo, New Trends in China's Foreign Investment Strategy (September 2007). The International Spectator, Vol. 42, No. 3, pp. 399-407, 2007. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1698213
Abstract:
"China now holds the world's largest f… more »
08/22/10
06:14:34 pm, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 126 words
Categories: Deals, Investment Strategy, Asia, Market Characteristics
The Economist: Finance after the crisis
Survival of the richest; Our continuing series of profiles of financial firms looks at the evolution of Blackstone, the most public private-equity outfit, August 19, 2010
BLACKSTONE is used to wowing people wit… more »
06/05/10
07:23:54 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 123 words
Categories: Various Market Info, Asia, Regulation
The Economist: Money can't buy lovePrivate-equity firms battle to keep their tax perks, June 3, 2010"Josh Lerner, a professor at Harvard Business School, says the tax change won’t “have the cataclysmic effect” the industry claims it will. The priva… more »
04/06/10
05:46:20 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 60 words
Categories: Asia, Market Characteristics, Regulation
There are attempts ongoing to heavily regulate hedge funds and the private equity industries. Opponents of such regulation claim that these industries pose no systemic risk to the financial sector and play a positive role for economic recovery. Here is a… more »
03/12/10
09:21:01 pm, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 16 words
Categories: Various Market Info, Asia, Market Characteristics
WEF: Globalization of Alternative Investments, Working Papers Volume 3, The Global Economic Impact of Private Equity Report 2010 more »
01/08/10
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10/21/09
06:30:02 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com, 0 words
Categories: Asia, Entrepreneurship/Leadership/Innovation, Market Characteristics
Bain & Company: The disproportionately influential world of private equity is undergoing a shakeout, as it has in past downturns. Many weaker firms will cease to exist, with our research suggesting that 20% to 30% are at risk in the aftermath.… more »
05/10/09
12:18:36 pm, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 331 words
Categories: Deals, Investment Strategy, Asia, Market Characteristics
BusinessWeek: How Private Equity Could Rev Up the U.S. Economy; Two out of five private equity firms will disappear. The rest will feast off the financial wreckage; By Peter Carbonara and Jessica Silver-Greenberg
"It's been a rough two years for pri… more »
01/19/09
For a change something new: a private institution is interested to buy shares of a public institution..
Guardian: Anger as private equity firm CVC considers Royal Mail bid, Sunday 18, 2009
Union leaders and MPs have reacted angrily after it emerged… more »
12/31/08
The European Venture Capital Association (EVCA) and other alike institutions lately undertake big communication efforts to differentiate private equity from hedge fund investing.
Two major differences are related to transparency and corporate govern… more »
10/09/08
Knowledge Emory: Will Wall Street’s Collapse Boost Private Equity Markets? Oct. 9, 2008
The collapse of the housing and credit markets that has crippled some Wall Street giants is likely to have a variety of effects on private equity, say faculty at E… more »
05/07/08
09:10:28 pm, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 83 words
Categories: Asia, Market Characteristics, News
Wharton Private Equity Review: Harnessing the Winds of Change, Spring 2008
Content:
Following the Era of Large Buyouts, Private Equity Funds: Find New Ways to Compete.
Private Equity Abroad: Despite the Credit Crunch, Opportunities in Devel… more »
05/04/08
07:27:54 pm, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 203 words
Categories: Investment Strategy, Asia, News
TechConfidential: Kleiner Perkins launches two new funds, May 1, 2008
"Following a trend in new fund formation that has seen the rich get richer, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers Thursday announced that it has hit up eager limited partners for $1.… more »
XML Feeds
_________________________________________________________________________________
PRIVATE EQUITY NEWS:
ENTREPRENEUR'S BLOGS:
- Marc Andreessen's Blog (Founder Netscape Communications)
- Richard Branson's Blog
- The Enterprise Network (a Network of Silicon Valley Entrepreneurs)
- Feld Thoughts (from Brad Feld, Founder of Feld Technologies)
- Jonathan's Blog (Jonathan Schwartz, Sun Microsystems)
- Seth Goding (Author and Entrepreneur)
- Lee Hower (Part of the founding Team of LinkedIn
- Ryan McIntyre (Co-Founder Excite)
- Peter Rip (General Partner Crosslink Ventures)
- Peter Schüpbach NewBorn Blog
_________________________________________________________________________________FOUNDER HIGHLIGHTS AND FOUNDER FRUSTRA- TIONS:
VARIOUS LINKS:
- Altassets
- Angel's Corner
- Blogging Buy outs (AOL Money)
- China Venture News
- CMBOR Nottingham Univ.
- Fractals of Change
- From Wall Street to Main Street (Private Equity Blog of Congressman Tom Reynolds
- Innovations-Report
- PrivateEquityBlogger.com
- PrivateEquityFirms.com
- LPX-Private Equity Research
- Private Equity Intelligence
- Private Equity Week
- PWC Money Tree
- Silicon Valley News
- Silicon Valley Watcher
- Standard&Poors (LBO Debt)
- TechConfidential
- TechCrunch
- The Funded (Experiences with VC's)
- Think Equity Blog (Silicon Valley)
- Valleywag (Tech Gossip)
- VCCircle (India)
- Venture Capital Magazin (Germany)
- Venture Economics
_______________________________________________________________________________DEAL RUMORS/DEALS:
ASSOC./INSTITUTES:
- Asian VC Journal
- BVCA (UK)
- Private Equity Guide (Emory Univ.)
- European Corp. Gov. Institute
- EVCA (Europe)
- IVA (Israel)
- NVCA(USA)
- NVCA(India)
- Private Equity Valuation
- Private Equity Council (Washington DC)
- SECA (Switzerland)
- Yale Entrepreneurial Society
PRIVATE EQUITY STATISTICS:
- Dow Jones: Venture Capital Statistics
- Emory Univ: Private Equity Institute (incl. comprehensive Statistics Links)
- Venture Capital and Private Equity Industry (Baker Library Harvard)
_________________________________________________________________________________INTEREST RATES:
_________________________________________________________________________________WORKING PAPERS PRIVATE EQUITY AND VENTURE CAPITAL:
_________________________________________________________________________________DIRECTORIES:
