Cumming Private Equity

Fund Types, Risks and Returns, and Regulation
1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-0-470-57955-8
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 624 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Robert W. Kolb Series

A comprehensive look at the private equity arena
With private equity differing from other asset classes, itrequires a whole new approach for those trained in more traditionalinvestments such as stocks and bonds. But with the right guidance,you can gain a firm understanding of everything private equity hasto offer.
This reliable resource provides a comprehensive view of privateequity by describing the current state of research and bestpractices in this arena. Issues addressed include the structure ofprivate equity funds and fundraising, the financial and realreturns of private equity, and the structure of private equityinvestments with investees, to name a few.
* Discusses the role of private equity in today's financialenvironment
* Provides international perspectives on private equity
* Details the regulation of private equity markets
Filled with in-depth insights and expert advice, this book willprovide you with a better understanding of private equitystructures and put you in a better position to measure and analyzetheir performance.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cumming, Douglas

Über Autor(innen)

Douglas Cumming, CFA, PHD, JD, is an Associate Professor of Finance and Entrepreneurship and the Ontario Research Chair at the Schulich School of Business, York University. His research is primarily focused on law and finance, market surveillance, hedge funds, venture capital, private equity, and IPOs, and he has published over fifty refereed articles in leading journals. Cumming was the recipient of the 2009 Canadian Institute of Chartered Business Valuators Research Award, the 2008 Paolo Baffi Centre on Central Banking and Financial Regulation Research Award, the 2008 AIMA Canada-Hillsdale Research Award, the 2005 PWC Global Competency Research Excellence Award, and the 2004 Iddo Sarnat Annual Memorial Award for the best paper published in the Journal of Banking and Finance. He is a research associate with numerous financial and educational groups, and consults for a variety of governmental and private organizations, including Wilshire Associates. Cumming is the coauthor (along with his wife, Sofia Johan) of Venture Capital and Private Equity Contracting: An International Perspective.