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	The Blackstone Group - Corporate Private Equity
		Our corporate private equity operation, established in 1987, is a global business with 106 investment professionals and offices in New York, London, Mumbai and Hong Kong.
		We are a world leader in private equity investing, having managed five general private equity funds as well as one specialized fund focusing on communications-related investments.
		From 1987 through December 31, 2007, our corporate private equity funds have invested in approximately 123 companies in a variety of industries and geographies in pursuit of their investment objectives.
	www.blackstone.com /private_equity/index.html (156 words)

	Private Equity Article
		Private equity investors (also called financial sponsors or buy-out firms) invest in non-public companies and typically hold their investments with the intent of realizing a return within 3 to 7 years.
		While private equity firms employ various strategies to create value in their investments (such as the consolidation of a fragmented industry), a common strategy is to acquire a "platform" company and grow the platform through further "add-on" acquisitions.
		Private equity groups typically use leverage (debt) to increase the return on the firm's invested capital.
	www.privateequityinfo.com /article.php (407 words)

	Private Equity
		Private equity consists of investors and funds that make investments directly into private companies or conduct buyouts of public companies that result in a delisting of public equity.
		Capital for private equity is raised from retail and institutional investors, and can be used to fund new technologies, expand working capital within an owned company, make acquisitions, or to strengthen a balance sheet.
		Private equity investments often demand long holding periods to allow for a turnaround of a distressed company or a liquidity event such as an IPO or sale to a public company.
	www.investopedia.com /terms/p/privateequity.asp (383 words)

	McKinsey & Company - Private Equity Isn’t Fading Away
		Private equity funds are under attack, criticized as "vultures," "locusts," and worse, particularly in Europe, as their ability to scoop up huge companies—some bearing household names—continues to grow.
		Private equity firms start by targeting companies that are undervalued in public markets or underperforming compared with their peers and potential.
		But while the volume of lending to private equity has indeed risen in recent years, McKinsey Global Institute's analysis shows that the industry is only a small part of the overall debt market—arguably still not large enough to pose systemic risk.
	www.mckinsey.com /mgi/mginews/private_equity.asp (951 words)

	Private Equity Investing \| Private Equity Buyout
		As more deals involving private equity firms occur, understanding the ways in which private equity investors participate in the development of businesses from their beginnings until they become mature companies is important in order to assess the potential impact of such deals on the stocks in your investment portfolio.
		Firms that offer subscriptions to raise capital for private equity pools often use structures like limited partnerships that severely restrict the ability of investors to withdraw their invested funds before the end of a specified term, which can be as long as 10 years or more.
		Because private equity involves investing in companies for a longer period of time, it's necessary for private equity groups to determine not only what they can do to increase the value of their investments but also how they will eventually realize the investment gains they create.
	www.fool.com /investing/high-growth/2006/12/15/the-lure-of-private-equity.aspx (950 words)

	Private Equity News and Research
		If a private equity firm has invested in a particular company in the past, and then provides additional funding at a later stage, this is known as 'follow-on funding'.
		Private equity This refers to the holding of stock in unlisted companies – companies that are not quoted on a stock exchange.
		The equity allocation in a company varies, depending on the performance of the company and the rate of return that the private equity firm achieves.
	www.altassets.com /hm_glossary.php (4655 words)

	Private Equity Chief Financial Officer Association \| PECFOA
		Created in October of 2001 by the Private Equity Banking Group at Citizens Bank, The Private Equity CFO Association is an organization of over 650 senior level professionals of private equity firms.
		The group is intended for individuals who manage the financial and operational aspects and oversee the reporting, accounting and fund administration of private equity funds, venture capital funds, funds of funds, and secondary funds.
		Additionally, there is a Job Posting page with CFO, COO and other private equity positions and opportunities throughout the U.S. In an effort to address relevant and timely topics effectively, membership is only open to the senior level financial and/or operational professional of private equity, venture capital and fund of funds firms.
	www.privateequitycfo.org (263 words)

	Dow Jones Financial Information Services
		Powered by a robust global reporting and research network, our private equity databases, publications and research are unmatched in their timeliness, depth and accuracy.
		Private Equity products include the leading Private Equity Databases such as the Directory of Alternative Investments Programs, which allows investment professionals to find the people and Private Equity data they need.
		The Private Equity Terms and Conditions report is updated annually covering the most important issues in the Private Equity market.
	www.assetnews.com (332 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Business \| The private equity rollercoaster
		Hence they are accountable only to small groups of private investors and lenders, rather than to stock market investors and company employees, and they do not have to release information to journalists making enquiries into their affairs.
		Private equity groups have been around in one form or another for decades, with groups like Slater-Walker in the 1960s and Hanson Trust in the 1980s.
		Today's private equity firms are after even bigger prey, and tend to buy from each other or via the stock market, rather than by funding management buy-outs.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/business/4566710.stm (1195 words)

	Private Equity Players Hit the Big Time: An 'Out-of-Body Experience' - Knowledge@Wharton
		The sharp rise in private equity transactions is due to two major drivers: Availability of capital and a desire by corporate managers to escape the public markets, according to Schwarzman.
		In the meantime, he suggested, private equity firms should do a better job of selling their story as job-creation vehicles to governments and the public who associate leveraged buyouts with massive cost-cutting and layoffs.
		Private Equity’s explosive growth is indeed the result of the extraordinary wealth, relatively recently created, and in the hands of a growing amount of “few”.
	knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu /article.cfm?articleid=1661 (2538 words)

	Private Equity, Public Benefits - WSJ.com
		Thus the superior investments of private equity firms translate into stronger pension plans, more financial aid, and scholarships at public and private colleges, and more funds for research to cure or treat diseases.
		Raising taxes on private equity doesn't just harm fund managers or investors -- it also harms the companies that need private equity investments to bring their innovations to market, which, in turn, makes our entire economy less competitive.
		Private equity firms are the fiduciaries for teachers, students, police officers, firefighters and many others across the U.S. In 2006, the 20 largest pension funds (by membership) invested in private equity represented 10.5 million retirees, including plans from California, New York, Texas, Florida, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Michigan.
	online.wsj.com /article/SB118532670875877067.html (808 words)

	Private Equity Fonds. Ausgewählte Private Equity Fonds
		Ein Private Equity Fonds ist eine Anlageform mit überdurchschnittlichen Ertragschancen, die bisher nur von institutionellen Investoren genutzt wurde.
		Durch Private Equity Fonds fließt Eigenkapital an nichtbörsennotierte Unternehmen.
		Folgende Private Equity Fonds stehen zur Zeit zur Verfügung:
	www.finanzloewe.de /private_equity_fonds.htm (205 words)

	Private equity - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Private equity is a broad term that refers to any type of equity investment in an asset in which the equity is not freely tradable on a public stock market.
		Generally, private equity funds are organized as limited partnerships which are controlled by the private equity firm that acts as the general partner.
		Gross private equity returns may be in excess of 20% per year, which in the case of leveraged buyout firms is primarily due to leverage, and otherwise due to the high level of risk associated with early stage investments.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Private_equity (950 words)

	Private Equity
		Private equity -- generally, long-term, illiquid investments in companies whose shares are not publicly traded -- has been around for more than 50 years.
		Institutional investors use private equity investments and other alternative investments, such as hedge funds and real estate, to try to increase long-term returns on their portfolios and to reduce risk by diversifying their portfolios beyond publicly traded securities.
		Private equity is used to describe any investment in a private company.
	www.investingacrossborders.com /story_private_equity.htm (804 words)

	Arnold & Porter LLP - Practices/Industries - Private Equity
		Arnold and Porter represents private equity clients in the structuring and formation of investment funds. Our group also represents limited partners who invest in these funds. Arnold and Porter attorneys are skilled in handling these complex fund formation matters, all of which involve multiple tax, regulatory, financing, securities, and accounting issues.
		We are experienced as well in establishing and structuring the management companies that operate private equity and venture capital funds. Arnold and Porter is also familiar with issues relating to specialized investment funds, such as SBICs, business development companies, and employee securities companies.
		Helping our clients – private equity funds, their portfolio companies, and related parties – develop and prosper is the cornerstone of our approach to practicing law.
	www.arnoldporter.com /practice.cfm?practice_id=38 (453 words)

	Credit Suisse - Corporate - Private Equity
		Credit Suisse Private Equity, the global private equity arm of Credit Suisse, is one of the largest managers of alternative assets in the world, with more than $29 billion in committed capital.
		Credit Suisse Private Equity is comprised of investment funds that focus on domestic and international leverage buyouts, structured equity investments, mezzanine investments, real estate investments, venture capital and growth capital investments, and investments in other private equity funds.
		Credit Suisse Private Equity enjoys a critical competitive advantage in originating, analyzing and exiting investments due to our ability to draw upon a wide range of relevant in-house industry expertise, including the highly ranked fixed income and equity research teams and transaction-based investment banking groups.
	www.csfb.com /investment_banking/private_equity/index.shtml (515 words)

	Venture Capital Resource Directory - VC Firms, Angel Investors, Raising Capital, Business Plans, Entrepreneurs, ...
		Private equity investing simply means making an investment in non-public securities of a private or public company.
		Private equity investments can range from financing a business plan for a start-up company to investing in a public company in the midst of a turnaround.
		Accredited investors are increasingly interested in private equity investments as a means of complementing their traditional equity and fixed income portfolios.
	www.vfinance.com /home.asp?toolpage=ab_wm_private_equity.asp&ab=inv (403 words)

	Private Equity (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Private equity is generally used to describe a number of private investments such as venture capital, leveraged buyouts and distressed debt.
		Private equity investments can also improve a client’s overall portfolio diversification by providing exposure to investment opportunities with significantly different risk and return characteristics compared to client’s traditional equity and bond investments.
		What makes private equity both attractive and accretive to client portfolios is that the return drivers are different than those factors driving stock and bond valuations.
	www.ustrust.com /public/ustrust/insights/ustrust_experts/investment_management/alternatives/private_equity.html?cmsid=P-448054&lvl1=insights&lvl2=ustrust_experts&refid=P-745762&refpid=P-447604 (720 words)

	Private equity
		Investments in private equity partnerships, which acquire shares in companies that are not yet exchange-listed, are characterised by a very distinct risk/return profile.
		The low initial valuation and the high yield potential of private equity participations compares with the reduced tradability of the individual holdings.
		However, access to successful private equity companies is limited and basically hinges on positive long-term relationships and a high investment volume.
	www.gutmann.at /en/private_equity.html (907 words)

	Brown Raysman: Practices (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Attorneys of the Private Equity Group represent firms in the formation of their investment vehicles and as ongoing counsel to their funds.
		The Private Equity Group has extensive experience counseling domestic and foreign issuers and underwriters of initial public offerings and follow-on equity and debt financings, as well as structuring and negotiating complex mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures and strategic alliances.
		Brown Raysman is experienced in organizing private equity funds, including offshore investment funds, and has represented those funds in the sale of limited partnership interests and other securities to investors in the United States and elsewhere.
	www.brownraysman.com /practices/private_equity.html (655 words)

	Private Equity CFO Association
		Created in October of 2001 by the Private Equity Banking Group at Citizens Bank, The Private Equity CFO Association is an organization of approximately 560 senior level professionals of private equity firms.
		The group is intended for individuals who manage the financial and operational aspects of private equity firms as well as oversee the reporting, accounting and fund administration of venture capital funds, leveraged buyout funds, fund of funds and secondary funds.
		In an effort to address relevant and timely topics effectively, membership is only open to the senior level financial and/or operational professional of private equity firms, venture capital funds, leveraged buyout funds, fund of funds and secondary funds.
	www.privateequitycfo.org /Display.php?ID=1 (327 words)

	Venture Capital Journal (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The fastest growing group of new institutional private equity investors is in the Netherlands and Scandinavia, while Germany is moving the most slowly.
		NIB Private Equity manages more than $17.2 billion in private equity assets, about half of which is committed to the United States.
		It is awakening to private equity with pension reform taking place across the region, and the U.S. is the principle beneficiary of changes underway.
	www.privateequityweek.com /vcj/protected/1047652058517.html (746 words)

	DLA Piper \| US \| Services \| Private Equity
		Our private equity lawyers manage each transaction based on their extensive transactional experience and understanding of the legal issues, structuring requirements, and regulatory environment affecting our clients.
		In many cases, our services are introduced to the principals of private equity funds as we advise them on their formation, capital raising and operations activities.
		We recognize that sourcing, negotiating, financing and closing of transactions in the private equity area usually are enhanced by successful partnering relationships among the transaction participants.
	www.dlapiper.com /private_equity (617 words)

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