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	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 in the case of venture capital firms, due to the high level of risk associated with early stage investments.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Private_equity (392 words)

	Private equity: Just the facts... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The fund obtains commitments from certain qualified investors such as pension funds, financial institutions and wealthy individuals to invest a specified amount.
		Over the life of a fund which often extends up to ten years, the fund will make between 15 and 25 separate investments with no single investment exceeding 10% of the total commitments.
		The private equity industry as we know it was not yet born.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/p/pr/private_equity.htm (783 words)

	Private Equity Funds (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Specific equity funds may focus on a certain sector of the market or may be geared toward a certain level of risk.
		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 in the case of venture capital firms, due to the high level
		Equity comes into play typically when none of the parties to the dispute has done anything against the law, but their rights or claims are in conflict.
	www.wwwtln.com /finance/149/private-equity-funds.html (1252 words)

	Private Equity Fund of Funds (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The term “private equity” can be used to describe any investment strategy that involves the purchase of equity in a private transaction.
		Most typically, however, “private equity” is the term used to refer to venture capital and buyout investing.
		Private equity investing requires highly specialized skills, including the ability to identify high-quality investment opportunities, assess the opportunity, negotiate and structure investments, and the ability to create value post investment.
	www.ustrust.com /public/ustrust/institutional/investment_management/alternative_investments/private_equity.html?cmsid=P-449871&lvl1=institutional&lvl2=investment_management&refid=P-542371 (839 words)

	Required Disclosures by Public Investors in Private Equity Funds: Nixon Peabody LLP
		In order for the private equity funds in which CalPERS has invested to prevent disclosure of their valuations, each of the general partners must certify to the court by December 9, 2002, that the valuations have been provided only to parties who are subject to confidentiality agreements.
		Private equity firms are concerned that if any of their heretofore confidential information is made public, it will mark the beginning of a slippery slope, leading to the disclosure of more and more information, including specifics about portfolio companies.
		In the meantime, private equity funds should reevaluate their internal treatment of confidential information to ensure that proper steps are being used to protect and maintain the trade secret status of such information.
	www.nixonpeabody.com /publications_detail3.asp?Type=P&PAID=&ID=57 (1263 words)

	Take Your Money and Leave - The growing war between public pension funds and private equity firms. By Daniel Gross
		Private equity firms—the large class of assets that includes buyout funds and venture capital funds—rely to a large extent on public pension funds.
		Private equity investors are like gamblers who brag loudly about their winnings but never mention losses.
		Private funds now have the choice of disclosing their performance or sacrificing a large source of cash.
	www.slate.com /id/2088544 (961 words)

	Proskauer Rose LLP - Private Equity
		Proskauer's Private Equity Group is comprised of a large team of professionals with many years of experience representing private equity funds in all aspects of their activities.
		We are committed to providing the kind of dedicated and focused legal representation that enables private equity funds to respond quickly to opportunities across a broad range of industry segments, and to compete effectively and efficiently for new opportunities in an increasingly competitive deal environment.
		Our private equity lawyers are experienced in assisting private equity funds in a wide area of legal representations not directly related to the formation and investment activities of funds.
	www.proskauer.com /practice_areas/areas/094 (569 words)

	DEEP pockets: Surge in private equity funds fuels corporate deal-making
		Private equity funds remained a minor piece of the investment picture until the early 1980s.
		And private equity companies are more interested in the long-term health of companies, hiring former CEOs with expertise in specific industries to wring efficiencies out of their holdings.
		While many private equity deals are designed to enhance a company's value for a sale in five to 10 years, others have prompted cost-cutting to wring inefficiencies.
	ledger.southofboston.com /articles/2005/08/20/news/news06.txt (1220 words)

	TH&T \| Publications \| Article Search Results (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Such managers whose funds sell their shares in an issuer, or make a distribution to their limited partner investors, just prior to the announcement of bad news almost certainly will be sued along with company insiders for allegedly trading on inside information.
		The fund and its partners also may confront an investigation or enforcement proceeding brought by the SEC concerning whether the sale or distribution was made on the basis of material, non-public information.
		If a fund distributes or sells an issuer’s shares shortly before bad news is announced, any resulting SEC investigation likely will focus intensely on what non-public information the fund had received from the portfolio company and how the fund treated the non-public information it received.
	www.tht.com /pubs/SearchMatchPub.asp?ArticleID=240 (1540 words)

	TH&T \| Publications \| Article Search Results (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Fund managers need to implement systems that will insure that trades and distribution decisions are not made on the basis of material non-public information learned from portfolio companies.
		Managers also must make sure that the indemnification provided by their portfolio companies and by their own funds is broad enough to protect them in the event of class action litigation or an SEC or related proceeding.
		This is the first time the insurance industry has offered products specifically written for private equity funds, and in light of increasing litigation risks the coverage is worth considering.
	www.tht.com /pubs/SearchMatchPub.asp?ArticleID=244 (454 words)

	Global Finance: Private Equity Funds Go Shopping In Europe
		New York-based private equity firm clayton, Dubilier & Rice, in its third European acquisition of 2004, led a group that agreed on November 30 to buy electrical equipment supplier Rexel from France's Pinault-Printemps-Redoute in a deal expected to be valued at $4.97 billion.
		Private equity funds are buying up non-core businesses of European companies that are restructuring to improve their balance sheets.
		The trio of private equity firms signed an exclusivity agreement with PPR to acquire the 73.5% of the Rexel shares that PPR controls and to assume $1.5 billion in debt.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3715/is_200501/ai_n9469249 (634 words)

	CSFB - Investment Banking - Private Equity - Secondary Funds
		The expansion of private equity funding and the interest in liquidity options have not been matched by a growth in secondary funds.
		CSFB Private Equity is the global leader in private equity investing and the investment experience of its professionals provide industry perspectives which augment DLJ Strategic Partners' investment analysis.
		CSFB's Private Fund Group is the #1 placement agent for private equity funds globally, and its relationships with fund sponsors and investors provide attractive secondary deal flow.
	www.csfb.com /investment_banking/private_equity/secondary_funds.shtml (410 words)

	Private Equity Group
		PEG is a leading investor in private equity funds, is a significant co-investor in direct investments, and is an active buyer of secondary interests in existing private equity funds.
		PEG's comprehensive global private equity program seeks to construct a highly diversified private equity portfolio and considers each potential investment's strategy, geographic focus, competitive advantages, and return profiles, including how a particular opportunity may affect the portfolio's volatility and risk.
		PEG primarily makes commitments to private equity funds located in the United States, the United Kingdom, continental Europe, Latin America and Asia with strategies that include leveraged buyouts, growth financings, natural resources, venture capital and distressed securities.
	www.gs.com /client_services/asset_management/products/private_equity_group.html (244 words)

	European Alternative Investment Overview, Part II: Private Equity Funds & Venture Capital Funds
		The world of alternative investment funds is hot—money is pouring into private equity funds at an accelerated pace, with investors chasing above-average returns in a lackluster market.
		However, investors are already wary and have become increasingly selective about the funds in which they invest; while record funds have poured into some funds, others have failed to even come close to their fund-raising goals," she added.
		Eventually there will be several large "alternative investment" funds that engage in hedge, private equity, venture, and property investing as the market merits rather than being constrained to pursue only one of those strategies.
	www.celent.com /PressReleases/20050913/EuropeanEquityCapital.htm (476 words)

	Private Equity Funds - Service Groups (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Clients of the Private Equity Investment Funds team can expect that extra ingredient: a standard of service consistent with being the market leader in this field and a level of experience gained from having advised on around 300 such funds across Europe.
		We have established ourselves as leaders in private equity fund-raising, and continue to focus on maintaining that lead.
		Far from slackening the pace, we are committed to staying at the cutting edge and the hallmarks of our practice are creativity, innovation and energy and they are attributes that we constantly strive to maintain.
	www.sjberwin.com /groups/private-equity-funds.html (259 words)

	Jones Day - Services - Private Equity - Overview
		Our practice includes the representation of both large and small private equity investors at each stage of the investment cycle; our expanding private equity client base includes venture capital funds, later-stage funds, and distressed funds; and we assist private equity investors in evaluating, structuring, negotiating, and consummating hundreds of private equity transactions each year.
		Our fund formation lawyers possess extensive experience in organizing private equity funds and have represented numerous fund sponsors in their capital-raising efforts in the U.S., Europe, and Asia, as well as lead investors.
		Our lending and structured finance lawyers regularly serve on teams representing borrowers and lenders in private equity acquisitions with broad experience in senior bank lending and all forms of mezzanine finance.
	www1.jonesday.com /Private_Equity (397 words)

	Los Angeles Business Journal: Private equity funds investing in growing Asian, Latino markets - Wall Street West (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The funds are separate, although he plans to steer opportunities Yucaipa's way, Nogales said.
		There is no shortage of private equity for mainstream investments.
		One hindrance to a broader movement of funds into the minority business market is a lack of data that would give a clear picture of size and performance, Takata said.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m5072/is_8_25/ai_98464964 (622 words)

	Raising Private Equity Funds: Newsletters and Articles: Law Firm of Rothgerber Johnson & Lyons LLP, Denver, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		A typical equity investment cycle is the issuance of founders' shares, sales to "friends and family," subsequent sales to a mix of accredited and nonaccredited investors, venture capital financing, and finally, an initial public offering.
		The terms and conditions of private equity exemptions are demanding.
		Depending on the size of the private equity offering and the nature of the investors, more or less documentation may be required.
	www.rothgerber.com /newslettersarticles/roth02.asp (982 words)

	Ice Miller®: Private Equity Funds
		Venture capital and private equity funds need guidance not only during the formation stage but also throughout the entire life of the fund.
		We assist with fund structuring; SEC, SBIC and ERISA regulatory matters; federal and state income tax matters; capital calls, defaulting partners or members, lines of credit, transfers of interests, in-kind distributions, liquidations of portfolio company investments and valuation policy formulation; and general fund management, compensation and liquidation matters.
		By investing a significant amount of time training our lawyers to ensure an understanding of emerging issues affecting the venture finance and private equity industry we are able to offer you informed and creative resolutions to unique issues that you may face.
	www.icemiller.com /industry_main_detail/id/16/index.aspx (210 words)

	Headlines - Opportunity Plus Risk for Private Equity Funds - Stanford GSB
		STANFORD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS — Private equity partnerships face rocky returns in the next few years, as high prices paid for companies in times of "excessive expectations and unrealistic valuations" work their way through the system, Carl D. Thoma, MBA '73, told the Stanford Business School's Principal Investment Conference on February 18.
		The managing partner of Thoma Cressey Equity Partners and a keynote speaker at the student-sponsored conference, Thoma surveyed 30 years of middle-market investing—defined as the private market for companies valued at less than $300 million.
		He predicted that hedge funds will become a real competitor to private equity for investment capital, given performance and liquidity.
	www.gsb.stanford.edu /news/headlines/2004_investmentconf_thoma.shtml (488 words)

	Private equity funds submit bids for Taiwan's Changhwa
		Japanese Shinsei Bank and a consortium of US private equity firm Carlyle and Dutch bank ING are among the frontrunners in the sale of 40 per cent of Taiwan's Changhwa Bank for about $1bn, the Financial Times reported.
		If any of the private equity bidding groups are successful it would be the first time a domestic lender in Taiwan comes under foreign control.
		Carlyle, with $18.9bn under management, is among the largest and most international of private equity firms and manages a range of regionally-specific funds from which to invest.
	www.altassets.com /news/arc/2005/nz6266.php (184 words)

	Baker Botts LLP \| Corporate \| Private Equity Funds
		We structure funds to accommodate the differing needs of all types of investors, including private pension plans, state and local pension plans, foundations, university endowments, bank holding companies, and other taxable and nontaxable institutional investors and individuals.
		We advise fund sponsors in fund formation and structure, in the solicitation of prospective investors on a worldwide basis, in structuring, negotiating and closing their portfolio investments, in the management or disposition of those investments, and in fund administration and reporting to limited partners.
		We are also familiar with existing and developing market terms for private equity funds, enabling us to provide advice from the earliest stage of concept development through the maturity and launch of a new fund.
	www.bakerbotts.com /departments/practice_detail.aspx?id=6a5fb961-aaae-4177-bd87-14d6df4239a8 (524 words)

	Forbes.com: ANALYSIS-Private equity funds flex muscles in South Korea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Private equity investors led by American International Group and Newbridge Capital agreed in late August to take control of South Korea's second-largest broadband provider Hanaro Telecom for $500 million.
		Private equity funds have already invested around $1.87 billion in South Korea so far in the second half of the year.
		Equity fund investors in South Korea have set their sights on financial services, telecommunications and manufacturing, including food makers, which have more stable earnings and higher barriers to entry than technology companies, say officials familiar with them.
	www.forbes.com /home/newswire/2003/09/05/rtr1074178.html (829 words)

	Investors beware: Private equity funds don't always live up to their reputation
		Successful private equity groups tend to continue to be successful, while poorly performing investments tend to continue to perform poorly.
		Subsequent returns to private equity are lower after periods of large investment inflows and vice versa for out flows.
		Interestingly the study finds that returns of established funds with good track records are much less affected by the industry cycles than the returns of young funds (especially those that enter in boom times).
	www.eurekalert.org /pub_releases/2005-08/bpl-ibp082305.php (383 words)

	PRIVATE EQUITY FUNDS BUY UP ENERGY ASSETS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Boosting the case for many bids by private equity players is their increased knowledge of the industry and their use of hedging devices.
		Pension fund investors are flocking to energy funds because of potentially lucrative opportunities and because they are already well invested in other kinds of private equity funds, he said.
		Thus, the assets are then sold off at bargain basement prices to "private equity" firms who then hold for a short period of time until the controversy blows over and resell at outrageous prices.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1187326/posts (1120 words)

	Private Equity Investments, Inc. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		When investors in private equity funds need liquidity, their interests are best served by specialists versed in all aspects of the transaction, which are often complex.
		The principals of Private Equity Investors, Inc. ("PEI") have been providing liquidity to private equity funds by purchasing limited partnership interests in venture capital, mezzanine, and buyout funds for over 17 years and have a broad base of experience.
		PEI has purchased interests in over 130 leading private equity funds with investments in over 1,200 portfolio companies, diversified across industry, location, and stage of development.
	www.peiinvest.com (179 words)

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