Private equity investments from the investor's and the issuing companies' point of view

ISBN-13: 9783656422723 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 56 str.

Anne-Kristin Rademacher

Opis

Research Paper (undergraduate) from the year 2013 in the subject Business economics - Investment and Finance, grade: 1,3, University of Applied Sciences Essen, language: English, abstract: The paper on hand aims at analyzing the financial model private equity from participants' point of view. The introduction has shown the importance for the overall economy. Questions of the paper are: what are the criteria for successful investments for both parties; what are the advantages respectively difficulties from the perspectives of investors and issuers of private equity? In order to systematically approach the questions the author first provides the fundamentals of the concept. In a second step benefits and risks for the participants in private equity investments will be described. A simultaneous assessment of these will result in an overview reflecting potential profits and losses. The analysis focusses on theoretical descriptions; practical applications will not be considered. Information and data gathering is based on secondary literature.