Insights into Private Equity Careers and Venture Capital Careers

Private equity valuations in Europe are slowing, and the reason why is still up for speculation.  Some suggest that the breather in valuation growth stems from a slowing European economy; others suggest it has more to do with the private equity industry’s value proposition compared to competing financial investments.  A look follows.  Background The following […]

Private equity, the darling sector of the financial world, is affected by lots of things.  Among the many important factors that influence private equity is one very critical factor – interest rates. There are two things central banks around the world are doing that paint a rosy next two years for the private equity business […]

In the venture capital and private equity universe, valuations are what matter.  Valuations determine, at least on paper, whether fund managers are doing their job and thereby whether their performance justifies further investments.  Given that 2019 has seen a fair share of massive valuation increases, the question here is as simple as possible – Which […]

Venture capital (VC) investment is booming.  After a record year in 2018, many analysts thought 2019 would be a letdown.  There would be no way that VC could even come close to the massive 2018 investing.  Well, that view has changed.  A look at the state of VC activity in the U.S. follows. VC Pulls […]