Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2004 im Fachbereich BWL - Bank, Borse, Versicherung, Note: 1,7, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munchen (Seminar fur Kapitalmarktforschung und Finanzierung), Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Equity analysts play a crucial role in modern financial markets by aggregating information about listed firms and issuing earnings forecasts as well as investment recommendations for these firms. As equity analysts mostly work for well-known financial institutions, their forecasts and recommendations are widely regarded as authoritative. Many institutional and private investors rely...

Diploma Thesis from the year 2005 in the subject Business economics - Banking, Stock Exchanges, Insurance, Accounting, grade: 1,7, LMU Munich, 110 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: In early December, 2004, German newspapers reported the acquisition of bankrupt automotive supplier Peguform GmbH, based in Botzingen, by U.S. private equity investor Cerberus Capital Management1. The transaction was announced 30 months after Peguform, a company with more than 5,000 employees that recorded EUR 1.4 billion in revenues in 20032, had filed for bankruptcy. As it involved a large...