Private Equity Confident about Brazil for 2014
Private equity investors are flocking to Brazil, partly driven by hopes of infrastructure investment opportunities in the run-up to the World Cup games this year and the Olympics in 2016. So while...
View ArticlePrivate Equity Expects Better Times in 2014
Key signs point to a pickup in private equity (PE) activity in 2014 and optimism is running strong, according to a survey of 100 PE firms and 1,600 corporations by EY and the Economist Intelligence...
View ArticleEmerging Market Slowdown Hits Private Equity, but Improves Pricing
Slower emerging market economic growth has dampened private equity. But the receding tide of investment is also uncovering some hidden values. And with PE firms unable to supercharge returns through...
View ArticleThe Evolution of a Private Equity Leader
Investors have become choosier about their private equity investments. As a result, expect more money to gravitate toward large private equity firms with solid track records, and towards niche firms...
View ArticleVenturing into ‘Private’ Social Media
Josh Kopelman, managing partner of First Round Capital, a venture capital firm, says a key strategy at his company is to use a private form of social media to create knowledge sharing that leads to new...
View ArticleAttractive Late-stage Firms Grow Scarce for Venture Capital
Venture capitalists face slimmer pickings and higher prices in 2014 as competition to buy good late-stage companies is raising the bar. Prices for firms that once might have returned six to seven times...
View ArticlePrivate Equity in China: Heating up, but ‘Veiled in Uncertainty’
The outlook in China for private equity (PE) investors to earn acceptable returns remains uncertain following the recent reopening of the initial public offering (IPO) market after a 15-month freeze....
View ArticlePrivate Equity Finally Sees Stronger IPO Market – Part I
The recent successful showing for many initial public offerings (IPOs) is largely buoyed by strong equity markets. But the results also reflect smaller tranches, along with longer-term operational...
View ArticlePrivate Equity in Emerging Markets Is Being Rebalanced
Part II of this Knowledge@Wharton podcast on private equity (PE) looks at the falling market share for PE in emerging markets along with the rising investments in developing countries outside of the...
View ArticlePrivate Equity Finds a Foothold in Israel, the Land of Venture Capital
Venture capital has been at the center of Israel’s emerging high-tech industry, raising billions of dollars from overseas and shepherding start-up companies to Wall Street offerings, and cross-border...
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