Fundamentals of Private Equity (Updated 12-2020)

The fundamentals of private equity funds, investment process, activities and more.

What you’ll learn
How a PE fund pipeline works, including sourcing, investing and monitoring past investments
How PE funds, what type of investors allocate to them, and the usual provisions discussed
The usual valuation models and deal financing in PE deals
The different types of PE strategies (VC, Growth, LBO, Special Situations)
Advanced types of funds (Secondaries funds and Funds of Funds)
Requirements
Have a basic knowledge of corporate finance
Have a basic knowledge of investing (asset classes)
Description
This courses covers the fundamentals of the Private Equity practice. It includes considerations such as
– How the Private Equity industry positions itself vis-a-vis other high finance activities like Venture Capital (which is part of it), Hedge Funds, Investment Banking and others;
– The usual types of activities for Private Equity teams throughout the three main sources of a PE fund pipeline: sourcing and vetting opportunities, investing, and post-investment monitoring;
– How Private Funds work, usual provisions and model (blind pool, 5-10y timeframe, restructuring, extensions, the secondaries market) and the J-Curve timing of returns;
– The type of retail and institutional investors allocating to Private Equity, as well as the usual types of provisions discussed;
– How companies change when undertaking an LBO (leveraged buyout), as well as the two ways of creating value for them – financial engineering and operational optimization;

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