Business knowledge for IT in private equity : a complete handbook for IT professionals.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gannon, Paul, author.

Series:

Bizle professional series.

Bizle professional series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Private equity.

Venture capital--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Venture capital.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (210 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Essvale Corp. Ltd., 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Deals with the alignment of IT and business of Private Equity. This book introduces IT professionals to the concepts of the business of Private Equity. It includes chapters which cover the following topics: overview of the Private Equity industry; sources of funds for investing; types of funds; and, industry sectors.

Contents:

""Preface""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""Overview of Private Equity""; ""Introduction""; ""Definitions of Private Equity""; ""Private Equity Activities""; ""Major Types of Private Equity""; ""Private Equity Business Model""; ""Characteristics of a HPC""; ""Private Equity Controversy""; ""Brief History of the Development of the Industry""; ""Rationale for Investing in Private Equity""; ""What Attracts Private Equity Firms to Commit to Investments?""; ""Classes of Capital Used by Private Equity Firms""; ""Some Facts about Private Equity""; ""Fee Structure""

""Some Other Benefits of Private Equity""""Disadvantages of Private Equity""; ""Private Equity as an Alternative Investment""; ""The Advantages of Private Equity over Senior Debt""; ""Private Equity versus Alternative Forms of Financing""; ""Comparison of Private Equity to Hedge Funds""; ""Largest Private Equity Firms""; ""Other Notable Private Equity Firms""; ""Types of Private Equity Investment Funds""; ""Introduction""; ""Primary Means of Private Equity Investment""; ""Different Types of Private Equity Investment Funds""; ""Risk Levels of Private Equity Investments""

""Overview of How Private Equity Investments Work""""Phases of a Company's Development""; ""The Investment Size Debate""; ""Size of the Investee Company""; ""Sector Specialisation""; ""Approach to Portfolio Construction""; ""Liquidity through a Secondary Market""; ""Structure and Global Market Size""; ""Introduction""; ""Structure of the Private Equity Market""; ""Financing Stage and Industry Breakdown""; ""Size of the Global Private Equity Market""; ""The Business Environment""; ""Introduction""; ""Environmental Factors Affecting the Private Equity Industry""

""Profiles of some Major Players""""Data Providers""; ""Indices""; ""Overview of Buyout""; ""Introduction""; ""Different Types of Buyout Transaction""; ""Roll-up""; ""Leveraged Buyout (LBO)""; ""A Look behind Two Large Buyout Deals""; ""Brief Explanation of a Dividend Recapitalisation and its Risks""; ""Venture Capital""; ""Introduction""; ""Definitions of Venture Capital""; ""Venture Capital Investing""; ""What is a Venture Capitalist?""; ""History of Venture Capital""; ""Venture Capital Firms and Funds""; ""Investment Focus""; ""Differences between VCs and Banks""

""Venture Capital Funding""""Sectors within which Venture Operates""; ""List of Notable Firms 91""; ""Trends""; ""Introduction""; ""Rise of New Industry Players""; ""Popularity of Funds of Funds""; ""Introduction of Private Equity ETFs""; ""Popularity of Islamic Private Equity""; ""Fundamentals of Private Equity in the MENA Region""; ""Sovereign Wealth Funds and Private Equity""; ""Increasing Popularity of Private Equity Real- estate Funds""; ""Private Equity Investing in Emerging Markets""; ""Private Equity Investment in Clean Energy""; ""The Investment Process""; ""Introduction""

""Investment Process Target Company's Perspective""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 182-184) and index.

ISBN:

1-906096-59-7

1-282-55286-4

9786612552861

1-906096-71-6

OCLC:

647917536