Private equity companies have been investing in new companies with new products and services as well as established businesses for generations and represent the pioneering end of the corporate finance world. Not surprisingly, companies wanting venture capital funds have been beating a path to the door of the private equity entrepreneur, providing impressive packages of data on their opportunity. However, the latest internet speculative bubble has highlighted the essential need for anyone involved in private equity investment to be very sure that they have conducted their own extensive research into each proposition, before proceeding with any investment. This one day course examines the research methods and sources that can be conducted constructively in this specialised area.
outcomes:- know the research requirements of private equity specialists in all facets of a potential deal
- a detailed plan for systematically collecting available information that supports and supplements internal expertise
- knowledge of published sources available
programme:- private equity in context; the investors
- private equity in Europe undthe USA
- types of private equity deals
- structuring research into private equity
- due diligence
- constructing company lists; potential targets undcompetitors
- detailed company research; major sources
- constructing a detailed market/sector view
- researching deals by various criteria
- comparative deals, deal histories
speaker:Sylvia James , Management Consultant
Consultant specialising in business information provision.
Sylvia James has worked as a management consultant for many years. She has advised on projects for a wide range of international industrial and financial services companies and non-profit organisations as a researcher and consultant, specialising in all aspects of their business information provision. As part of her wide ranging consultancy activities, she writes articles and courses, lectures and holds management briefings in Europe, Asia and North America.
In 2007, Sylvia was awarded the ALA Brass Thomson Award for Excellence in Business Librarianship. View the ALA press release .
