London Business School Coller Institute of Private Equity

Private Equity Findings - Issue 5 Winter 2011

Private Equity Findings Issue 5 is now available for download on our website.

We are also delighted to announce that a Private Equity Findings App will be available for all 5 issues of our publication in early January 2012. The Apps are designed to enhance your overall viewing experience of Findings and is compatible with all major tablets, including the Apple iPad, Blackberry Playbook and Android platforms.

Our Issue 5 editorial commences with the topic of regulation. We specifically look at the implications of the Dodd-Frank Act in the US, covering the thoughts of the keynote speaker at our 2011 Private Equity Findings Symposium, Professor Viral Acharya of NYU Stern.

Issue 5 of Findings looks at IPOs and specifically a research paper which examines the performance of private equity backed IPOs compared with other listings.

Issue 5’s Roundtable looks at some of the world’s largest investors in private equity, sovereign wealth funds. Examining three research papers, this article explores how SWFs construct their portfolios, how they perform and by how much they are influenced by political concerns.

We then proceed to examine the question of whether quarterly reporting obligations imposed by capital markets provide incentives for short-termism by companies. Findings looks at whether private equity ownership improves plant productivity compared with publicly listed companies.

Our final article probes into the paper which was runner-up in the Coller PhD Prize in 2010. This paper looks at whether alumni links between private equity firms and investment banks increase the chances of advisers winning mandates and of PE firms winning deals.

Coller Institute News covers some of our latest research including papers on team stability and private equity secondaries. We also provide coverage from our 2011 Symposium and the 2011 Coller Prize.

We welcome your thoughts and perspectives on the topics discussed in this issue of Findings. In addition to our survey at www.collerinstitute.com/Feedback, we invite you to supply your views via our website blog or by email at collerpe@london.edu. The most interesting comments will receive a copy of International Private Equity, authored by Professors Eli Talmor and Florin Vasvari of London Business School.

Managing Director

11 June 2011 by kevin thomas

How to develope a billion dollar private equity group.
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