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Private equity

Private equity (PE) is stock in a private company that does not offer stock to the general public. Instead, it is offered to specialized investment funds and limited partnerships that take an active role in managing and structuring the companies. In colloquial usage, "private equity" can refer to these investment firms rather than the companies in which…

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Private-equity funds

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Private equity

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related to Further reading · 144
Private equity → Academic Press, Acquisitions, All Costs, An Introduction, Archived, Asset Class, Attract Investors, Austin, Bachman, Basingstoke, Bassi, Benn, Benoit, Canada, Capitalism, Casebook, Cendrowski, Compliance, Craig, Curve
related to history · 20
Private equity → American Research, ARDC, Before World War II, Carnegie Steel Company, Company, DEC, Development Corporation, Digital Equipment Corporation, Fairchild Semiconductor, Georges Doriot, In, INSEAD, It, Modern, Morgan, The, US, Venrock Associates, Whitney, World War II
related to Age of the mega-buyout: 2005–2007 · 19
Private equity → Additionally, Alliance Boots, Among, As, By, Dex Media, EQ Office, HCA, In, Marked, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Oxley Act, Sarbanes, SunGard, The, The Hertz Corporation, Toys, TXU, Us
related to GP-Led Secondaries · 19
Private equity → Also, Continuation, Continuation Fund, Existing, Fund Recapitalization, GP-Centered, GP-led, In, Investors, Multi-Asset Continuation Fund, Realization Fund, Secondary Directs, Single-Asset Continuation Fund, Spinout, Stapled Secondaries, Subcategories, Synthetic Secondaries, The, This
related to Key features · 19
Private equity → An Investment, EBITDA, Enterprise Value, Firms, Following, For, Free, From, GP, In, LPs, Many, Moreover, One, Over, Revenue, Some, The, Value
related to Private-equity fund performance · 15
Private equity → An, And, Due, Harris, It, Jenkinson, Kaplan, One, PE, Robinson, Schoar, Sensoy, These, This, Unlike
related to LP Interest Secondaries (Sale of Fund Interests) · 14
Private equity → Early Secondaries, In, Involves, Late Primaries, Managed Fund, Often, Other, Securitization, Structured Joint Ventures, The, This, Traditional Sale, Transactions, Typically
related to Taxes · 11
Private equity → Armies, As, Currently, In, Income, Internal Revenue Service, IRS, Private, The, This, United States
related to Healthcare investments · 9
Private equity → Becker Friedman Institute, Chicago, In, Medicare, Private, Researchers, Some, Treatment, University
related to Other strategies · 9
Private equity → Certain, Energy, Fund, Infrastructure, Merchant, Other, Power, Real, The

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equity private private-equity funds capital investment investments fund companies investors debt often company firms new leveraged financial buyout public asset

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debtinstance ofVenture capital is most suitable for businesses with large up-front capital requirements which cannot be financed by cheaper alternatives0.80text
insurance companiesinstance ofahead of other institutional investors0.80text
endowmentsinstance ofahead of other institutional investors0.80text
and sovereign wealth funds.Direct versus indirect investmentMost institutional investors do not invest directly in privately held companiesinstance ofahead of other institutional investors0.80text
lacking the expertiseinstance ofahead of other institutional investors0.80text
resources necessary to structureinstance ofahead of other institutional investors0.80text
monitor the investmentinstance ofahead of other institutional investors0.80text
pension fundsinstance ofand its private-equity funds either from cash flow generated by the company or through raising debt or other securities to fund the distribution.Large institutional asset owners0.80text
and sovereign wealth fundsinstance ofahead of other institutional investors0.80text
long lock-up periodsinstance ofa significant amount of capital has been committed to secondary investments from investors looking to increase and diversify their private-equity exposure.Investors seeking acce…0.80text
lack of transparencyinstance ofa significant amount of capital has been committed to secondary investments from investors looking to increase and diversify their private-equity exposure.Investors seeking acce…0.80text
unlimited leverageinstance ofa significant amount of capital has been committed to secondary investments from investors looking to increase and diversify their private-equity exposure.Investors seeking acce…0.80text

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