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Private Equity Business and Secession

November 19, 2012

With the presidential election now over and calls for secession appearing in a good number of states, one might wonder: how would various secession scenarios affect the private equity industry? Well, perhaps the best place to start is with the states that appear to have the strongest movement towards seceding from the Union – Texas […]

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Is Tax Uncertainty Hurting Private Equity Dealmaking?

November 12, 2012

Is tax uncertainty hurting private equity deal making? In about a month, the new year – 2013 – will ring in a number of new or renewed tax increases. In either a direct or indirect manner, the rate increases will affect virtually all individuals and businesses. In a direct manner, individuals with capital gains or […]

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Financial Capital Cities in a Generation or Two

November 5, 2012

History is full of the ascendance and deterioration of financial capital cities. Although weakened over the past 10 years, the United States still reigns as the financial capital of the world , with businesses in New York and Chicago providing the largest amount of financial intermediary services within the United States. Rank Financial Capital Financial […]

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Private Equity Fundraising Grew in Q3 2012

November 5, 2012

Despite ongoing economic uncertainty, investor appetite for private equity deals remained robust in the third quarter as private equity funds raised a total of $64 billion during the quarter, roughly 10 percent more than the third quarter of 2011. The private equity capital raise during the September quarter was however well below the $83 billion […]

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The Market for Private Equity Wealth Creation

October 23, 2012

Most investors in financial assets have pretty much a myopic view of asset wealth accumulation – stocks and bonds. Of course, it’s not just novice or certain types of advanced investors that place great weight on equities and debt – academia, the political world, and professional financial organizations tend to have a large portion of […]

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Romney and Private Equity Job Creation

October 18, 2012

With the presidential election bringing private equity and wealth creation to the fore, one might reasonably ask: first, did Romney really create 100,000 jobs and second, what kind of economic impact did Romney’s Bain Capital have on the economy as a whole? The first question is an accounting exercise using varying assumptions regarding the time […]

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Current Private Equity Job Climate Has Potential

October 8, 2012

While the investment banking arena struggles to recapture its lost glory, the private equity universe has bounced back in earnest. With more upside expected, those looking to land positions at prestigious private equity shops might just find a more welcoming environment than what is being seen at bulge bracket investment banks these days. No, this […]

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Private Equity Employment Trends

October 1, 2012

Private equity professionals have seen some very good days in their return history (as a whole). Coinciding with those good returns were above average employment growth. So far, through the first half of 2012, it has not been a good year for private equity employment, with the most recent estimate of the employment count coming […]

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A Forecast of Private Equity Employment under Romney and Obama

September 25, 2012

This is not a political piece, per se, but rather an objective look at the likely employment effects the presidential election could have on the private equity wealth creation business. Over the prior two decades, the private equity industry has grown much quicker than the overall growth in total employment, with private equity payrolls increasing […]

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Middle Market Private Equity Stalls

September 24, 2012

Data from market researcher GF Data shows that after experiencing brisk activity in the second half of 2011 and the first quarter of 2012, middle-market private equity deal volume came to a standstill in the second quarter of 2012. M&A deals in the $10 million to $250 million range completed by mid level investment firms […]

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