An Introduction to Private Equity provides readers with an easy to read but thorough grounding in the key aspects of the private equity industry. It provides coverage of the industry as a whole, its organization, governance and function, then looks at the various segments within the industry, including LBO, Venture Capital, Mezzanine Financing, Development Capital and other components. The book then goes on to look at private equity from the perspective of the individual or the business, looking at how they value a business, how the transaction works and looks at some due diligence issued that should be considered before moving ahead. Finally the book will look at private equity in the future, and at how recent events are shaping the medium and long term.
Book Details:
- Author: Cyril Demaria
- ISBN: 9780470660942
- Year Published: 2010
- Pages: 244
- BISAC: BUS017010, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS/Corporate Finance / Private Equity
About the Book and Topic:
An Introduction to Private Equity provides readers with an easy to read but thorough grounding in the key aspects of the private equity industry. It provides coverage of the industry as a whole, its organization, governance and function, then looks at the various segments within the industry, including LBO, Venture Capital, Mezzanine Financing, Development Capital and other components. The book then goes on to look at private equity from the perspective of the individual or the business, looking at how they value a business, how the transaction works and looks at some due diligence issued that should be considered before moving ahead. Finally the book will look at private equity in the future, and at how recent events are shaping the medium and long term.
Private equity is an asset class consisting of equity securities in operating companies that are not publicly traded on a stock exchange. There are a wide array of types and styles of private equity which can be divided into the following categories: Leveraged buyout, LBO or Buyout; Venture capital; and Growth capital. Other strategies that can be considered private equity or a close adjacent market include: Distressed or Special situations; Mezzanine capital; Real Estate; Secondary investments; Infrastructure; Energy and Power; and Merchant banking.
FULLY-UP-TO-DATE – Private equity investments are an established part of modern investment portfolios. This book presents a post-crisis perspective of the private equity universe. SUCCESSFUL FRENCH EDITION – book is now in its second edition in France, and has been translated for the Swiss market. PROVEN AREA – Wiley has had great success with its Private Equity stable, including Fraser Sampson and Meyer & Mathonet. This book will add a new angle.
About the Author
Cyril Demaria (Zurich, Switzerland) is an Associate Professor of Finance at ESSCA (France and Budapest), at the Université Catholique de Paris, in France and at EADA, Barcelona, where he teaches Private Equity, LBO, Money and Finance and International Finance. Before moving to academia, he worked in multi strategy fund of funds at Pionat Viable investments, and previously in Adveq in Zurich. He has also held positions as a portfolio equity manager at Maaf Gestion, where he managed assets in excess of $60 Million, and was also head of Corporate Development at Externall in Paris. He is also on the Advisory Board of the Eurosif Committee, and collaborates regularly with the European Venture Capital Association (EVCA). Cyril Holds 2 Masters Degrees and a Diploma from HEC.