Supplement: Information Platform - Private Equity - Managing equity risk.

Pensions Week;  April 21, 2003 ;     700+ words ...The expression private equity may not be familiar to many investors...the listed markets. Put simply, private equity is the strategy of investing in...seem a risk. In reality, however, private equity investments present the potential...

Private equity can be beneficial for suppliers.(Opinion)

Automotive News Europe;  April 2, 2007 ;     472 words ...Agonizing over private equity's growing role in the auto industry is a waste of time. Private equity is here to stay, and the role of private...been acquired directly or indirectly by private equity in the past year. In Europe, the total...

Current Affairs: Private equity - boom or bubble?

Pensions Week;  June 4, 2007 ;     467 words ...Byline: Lindsay Tomlinson Private equity - is it the end of the world or a storm...extraordinary investment activity by private equity investors and extraordinary political interest in private equity. Its exponents proclaim it as a more...

Private equity: fad or sound investment?

Investment Adviser;  March 12, 2007 ;     574 words ...Private equity is currently under close scrutiny...that the current surge of interest in private equity is causing bubble amnesia and are...there is a flood of money coming into private equity funds, but too few deals to put the...

Abroad and at Home, They Play it to the Bone: Venture capital already...

US Banker;  May 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ...Private equity shops are feeling the heat as commercial...companies are shopping around their private equity divisions, sources say. Deutsche Bank...big player to distance itself from private equity, spinning off a $1.6 billion management...

So what is private equity, and is it helpful or damaging to the economy? ;...

The Independent - London;  February 27, 2007 ;     700+ words ...What is private equity? Listening to candidates for the...pensions of ordinary workers. In fact, private equity is just the name given to a different...his family. And some are owned by private equity firms. They do not use their own...

THE PRIVATE EQUITY PARTY Private equity is grabbing the headlines with...

The Sunday Telegraph London;  May 27, 2007 ;     700+ words ...Private equity is the buzzword in the City and it...ploughing $6bn into Blackstone, the US private equity house, and several household names...McVities brand) have been snared by private equity groups. Private equity is essentially...

Private Equity Companies (UK) - Portfolio Analysis - Find Out Which...

M2 Presswire;  July 4, 2008 ;     700+ words ......4 July 2008-Research and Markets: Private Equity Companies (UK) - Portfolio Analysis...researchandmarkets.com/research/c7a06c/private_equity_com) has announced the addition of the Private Equity Companies (UK) - Portfolio Analysis...

The low-key rise of the smart-trousered philanthropist Private equity...

The Sunday Telegraph London;  October 22, 2006 ;     700+ words ...THE WORLD of private equity is usually associated with naked...But now increasing numbers of private equity groups are quietly working to...Charitable projects backed by private equity money are popping up everywhere...

Private equity funding for minority media ownership.

Federal Communications Law Journal;  May 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ...I. INTRODUCTION The private equity market is a major source of...United States. In 1998, organized private equity firms raised over $85.3 billion...investing. For example, one private equity firm, Hicks, Muse, Tare &...

Private equity crucial for GCC economies

Al Bawaba;  June 5, 2008 ;     588 words ...Private equity crucial for GCC economies Special...impact of the multi-billion dollar private equity industry on the economic diversification...released later this month. The region's private equity houses manage more than $13 billion...

Mandate Research: Asset Allocation - Private equity - Once bitten, twice...

Financial Times Mandate;  April 21, 2003 ;     700+ words ...Although private equity has a long history, the majority...the long-term, illiquid nature of private equity, most of these investors have still...contain some of the worst performing private equity funds ever. When you take into...

Preparing for Private Equity: As these alternative investments rack up...

Bank Investment Consultant;  November 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ...Private equity investments have been making headlines...smart money wants to go. To be sure, private equity investing has traditionally been limited...alternative investment vehicles, including private equity. The survey found that more than half...

Your invite to the private equity party ; Private equity isn't only for...

The Independent - London;  November 4, 2006 ;     700+ words ...Private equity investors continue to dominate the...behind closed doors. But in fact, private equity encompasses any type of funding for...adviser at Hargreaves Lansdown, says private equity investment trusts invest in a portfolio...

Opinion: Inside view - Drawcards and drawbacks of private equity...

Pensions Week;  February 20, 2006 ;     700+ words ...Byline: Marek Siwick Private equity has traditionally been viewed...King are among those backed by private equity groups. And with pension scheme...asset class delivers. Interest in private equity - which is equity not listed...