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The Road Ahead for Private Equity: Reflections and Predictions

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The year 2023 will be remembered as a challenging one for private equity (PE), with complexities to navigate on many fronts. Although overall transaction volume was significantly down, private equity funds still found. By: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

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Private Equity Fundamentals: A Comprehensive Course for Beginners

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Private equity is an investment asset class that has gained significant prominence and popularity in recent decades. However, private equity can seem complex and intimidating to beginners who are unfamiliar with its fundamentals. Private equity firms also invest in distressed debt or provide private debt financing.

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Private Equity Value Creation: Equally Viable Alternative to PE Deal Teams?

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Private equity value creation came on my radar a few years ago when I noticed something: Even though traditional PE deal roles were not doing well, “operational” or “value creation” teams still seemed to be recruiting. What Does the Private Equity Value Creation Team Do in Real Life?

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Is Private Equity Right for You?

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To know if the buyside is right for you, let’s start with a textbook understanding of “What is private equity?” Private equity involves investing capital directly into private businesses that are not publicly traded on stock exchanges (that would be a hedge fund). Strategic thinking skills are essential.

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The Impact of Regulation on Private Equity Firms in NYC

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Private equity has come to control a massive swath of the American economy. According to US government estimates, the private equity industry employs almost 12 million people through its portfolio companies. Private equity is also subject to corporate tax policy more broadly, for a number of key reasons.

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How the Growth of Private Credit is Impacting Private Equity

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In recent years, private credit has emerged as an important financing source for corporations of all kinds, especially for private equity-owned businesses with high financial leverage. The growth of private credit can be traced back to the Great Financial Crisis of 2008-2009.

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Approaching Secondaries Financing from All Angles: Key Considerations for Debt in LP-Led and GP-Led Secondary Transactions

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Debt finance plays a key role in all parts of the capital structure for private investment funds and their investors.

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