Private equity: who makes money?
Sunday, November 25th, 2007Average private equity returns have underperformed the market. And the evidence suggests private equity firms mislead investors by overstating their profits.
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Private equity, corporate governance and vampires
Monday, July 9th, 2007The reports of private equity’s death are exaggerated. More to the point, private equity is like a vampire. Cheap debt and money sloshing into the system means that tighter credit controls will not kill of private equity. Like a vampire, it will stay Undead, just waiting for the right moment to strike.
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Saturday, June 30th, 2007
The private equity party seems to be coming to an end, leaving the buyout firms to take the money and run. The fallout from the subprime mortgage defaults are making the banks nervous and investors are turning to safer bets.
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