People use private equity in a broad sense to describe any investment strategy that involves the purchase of equity in a private company. Along with leveraged buyouts, these strategies include venture capital investments, distressed debt investments and mezzanine debt financings.
The first section of this primer is devoted to defining the various sub-specialties within private equity (leveraged buyouts, venture capital, mezzanine debt/distressed debt, funds-of-funds and secondary purchases). A question-and-answer section addressing fundamental questions about this fast-growing class of alternative assets follows that. The final section is a glossary of terms commonly used by private equity firms and their investors.
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