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Editorial

Mon, 11 Dec 2017 00:00:00 +0000

Welcome to the latest issue of Private Equity Strategies. In this issue, we take a look at how Brazil is bouncing back after recent turmoil in LatAm's largest economy. Our data heavy year-end issue also looks at the expectations gap between investors and GPs both from a transparency standpoint and...
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Brazil Bounces Back

Mon, 11 Dec 2017 00:00:00 +0000

By: Oscar Decotelli DXA Investments Brazil has gone through it�s worst recession and the corruption scandals have frozen investments into the country. After 3 years, is it time to invest again? Negative news and information have dominated the headlines regarding Brazil for the past several year...
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Expectations Gap Persists Between LPs and GPs, Survey Shows

Mon, 11 Dec 2017 00:00:00 +0000

Bailey McCann, Private Equity Strategies: New survey results from SEI & Preqin show a persistent disconnect between investment managers and investors. Preqin puts the total alternatives market at approximately $7.7 trillion across strategies and investors in the survey indicate that they hav...
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Investor communications: Private Equity's information gap

Mon, 11 Dec 2017 00:00:00 +0000

By Ian Kelly, Chief Executive Officer, Augentius Enthusiasm for private equity as an asset class continues to rise in a time of opportunity for fund managers - Prequin data shows the number of private equity funds in the market continued to grow in Q3 2017, with a 10 percent rise in the number of ...
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Data Snapshot: Global Private Equity

Mon, 11 Dec 2017 00:00:00 +0000

by Roger Beutler, CAIA Independent Private Equity Analyst The Cambridge Associates U.S. Private Equity Index posted preliminary results of 3.51% for the second quarter and 7.53% YTD, with the S&P 500 Index posting 3.09% and 9.34%, respectively for the same period. Globally, the CA Global Bu...
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Data Snapshot: Investors Eye European Private Equity

Mon, 11 Dec 2017 00:00:00 +0000

by Bailey McCann, Private Equity Strategies The proportion of Limited Partners that make �direct� investments (investments into private companies without the involvement of a private equity fund) has peaked, according to Coller Capital�s latest Global Private Equity Barometer. Between 2006 and 201...
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French Employment and Tax Reforms Set To Boost Private Equity Buyouts

Mon, 11 Dec 2017 00:00:00 +0000

By: Latham and Watkins, LLP President Macron recently unveiled employment and tax reforms to increase France�s appeal for deal makers. While France ranks highly as an investment destination for private equity firms, complex and inflexible French employment laws have been perceived as a hindrance � p...
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Editorial

Fri, 29 Sep 2017 00:00:00 +0000

Welcome to the latest issue of Private Equity Strategies. In this issue, we take a look at a few new approaches to private equity as well as some of the high-profile issues that have dominated the headlines in recent weeks. Steve Schoener, Chief Technology Officer, Eze Castle Integration has a piec...
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Why private equity firms are at risk of cyber-attacks

Fri, 29 Sep 2017 00:00:00 +0000

By: Steve Schoener, Chief Technology Officer, Eze Castle Integration Threats to private equity firms continue to grow both in scope and sophistication, meaning cyber strategies and practices require equally complex and progressive thought. Particularly for firms with limited (or nonexistent) secur...
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Myth: �impact investing � good people, bad deals�

Fri, 29 Sep 2017 00:00:00 +0000

By Tripp Baird, Managing Partner at the Builders Fund Since 2007 when the term �Impact Investing� was coined, the concept has risen in visibility and � fueled by the coming of age of the Millennial Generation, the retirement of the Baby Boomers, and rising awareness of global social and environment...
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