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	<title>AllAboutAlpha: Hedge Fund Trends &#38; Alternative Investment Analysis &#187; Private Equity</title>
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	<description>A finance blog about hedge funds, portable alpha and alternative investing.</description>
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		<title>Private Equity: Sometimes you get what you need&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2012/02/08/private-equity-sometimes-you-get-what-you-need/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2012/02/08/private-equity-sometimes-you-get-what-you-need/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:18:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kfox</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alpha Strategies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[private equity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[private equity markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[private equity performance]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=24970</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[2011 was the year private equity managers learned to accept that what they got even if it wasn't always quite what they wanted. Investors talk about what they want and need in 2012.]]></description>
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		<title>European PE Study: The Locusts May Not Be So Bad</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2012/01/25/european-pe-study-the-locusts-may-not-be-so-bad/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2012/01/25/european-pe-study-the-locusts-may-not-be-so-bad/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 01:47:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cfaille</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alpha Strategies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[European private equity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[private equity]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=24766</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Two scholars affiliated with the Center for European Economic Research, drawing upon European data between 2000 and 2008, maintain that PE backed companies do not suffer from higher bankruptcy rates than their control group of comparable companies. Their paper also addresses the relationship between bankruptcy risk on the one hand and the syndicated (or, conversely, the stand-alone) nature of a PE deal. It finds no significant relationship.]]></description>
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		<title>The Middle Markets in 2012:  Oh, to Be Investment Grade, Cash Rich, and In Love!</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2012/01/19/the-middle-markets-in-2012-oh-to-be-investment-grade-cash-rich-and-in-love/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2012/01/19/the-middle-markets-in-2012-oh-to-be-investment-grade-cash-rich-and-in-love/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 01:39:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dfriedenberg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alpha Strategies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[European private equity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[middle markets]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=24714</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In spite of what the media might have us believe, it isn't quite the end of the world as we know it, particularly as it applies to European private equity.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Morgan Stanley PE Roundtable on Numbers, Culture, and Globalization</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2012/01/10/morgan-stanley-pe-roundtable-on-numbers-culture-and-globalization/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2012/01/10/morgan-stanley-pe-roundtable-on-numbers-culture-and-globalization/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 01:51:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cfaille</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Swenson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Morgan Stanley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[private equity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[University of Chicago]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yale]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=24660</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A recent study, in which Steve Kaplan of the University of Chicago collaborated with Bob Harris of the University of Virginia and Tim Jenkinson of Oxford, addressed fund-level performance using data from Burgiss Group. Kaplan said this study indicates that “private equity has performed remarkably well.” In the period 1990 to 2008, a dollar in PE returned to investors 300 to 400 basis points a year more than a dollar in the equities of the S&#038;P 500, net of all fees. This, if accepted, still leaves the question of the relationship of PE funds/firms to one another. Are they all the same?]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>&#8216;Top Quartile&#8217; GPs – So How Is Top Quartile Private Equity Performance Determined?</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2012/01/09/top-quartile-gps-%e2%80%93-so-how-is-top-quartile-private-equity-performance-determined/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2012/01/09/top-quartile-gps-%e2%80%93-so-how-is-top-quartile-private-equity-performance-determined/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 01:39:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guest</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[private equity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[private equity markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[private equity performance]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=24612</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If every fund is number one, then no one is number one. Irina Zeltser examines performance rankings in private equity.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>The emerging equity gap: Growth and stability in the new investor landscape</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2012/01/04/the-emerging-equity-gap-growth-and-stability-in-the-new-investor-landscape/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2012/01/04/the-emerging-equity-gap-growth-and-stability-in-the-new-investor-landscape/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 20:46:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icappelletti</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=24630</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: McKinsey Global Institute
Published: December 2011
Abstract: Several forces are converging to reshape global capital markets in the coming decade. The rapid accumulation of wealth and financial assets in emerging market economies is the most important of these. Simultaneously, in developed economies, aging populations, growing interest in alternative investments, the move to defined-contribution pension schemes, and [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Pulse of Private Equity: PE Managers Cautious and Hiring</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/12/06/pulse-of-private-equity-pe-managers-cautious-and-hiring/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/12/06/pulse-of-private-equity-pe-managers-cautious-and-hiring/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 00:05:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cfaille</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alternative investment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[private equity]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=24293</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[EisnerAmper LLP's latest edition of “Pulse of Private Equity” finds that PE firms in the second half of 2011 are becoming “more sober about the potential for transactions,” compared to last year or earlier this year.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Angel Investors Return to the Very Beginning</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/11/14/investors-return-to-the-very-beginning/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/11/14/investors-return-to-the-very-beginning/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 00:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kfox</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Angel investing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Real Estate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Venture capital]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[job creation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[job creators]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[private equity]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=24055</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Angel investors are returning to provide seed-stage capital and job growth. slowly recovering after the financial crises of 2008 and 2009.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>SEI: PE Managers Give &#8216;Other&#8217; Answers</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/11/08/sei-pe-managers-give-other-answers/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/11/08/sei-pe-managers-give-other-answers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 00:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cfaille</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alpha Strategies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Timely Research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[active management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alternative investment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hedge fund performance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[private equity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SEI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sei paper]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=23957</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Managers were asked: “other than delivering expected performance, what is the greatest challenge in satisfying investors?” The results were: getting investors comfortable with infrastructure, 22 percent; providing satisfactory performance attribution data, 19 percent; providing broader education/consulting, 18 percent; providing satisfactory risk analytics, 11 percent; other, 28 percent. The residual answer produced more favorable replies, then, than did any of the pre-scripted answers.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Alternative Investment Consultants: Clarifying the Vision</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/11/07/alternative-investment-consultants-clarifying-the-vision/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/11/07/alternative-investment-consultants-clarifying-the-vision/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 00:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kfox</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alternative investments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Asset Managers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[institutional investors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[investment consultants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[private equity]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=23882</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Following the ongoing financial crises that began in 2008, financial services providers are changing the way that they do business. Preqin looks at the shifting role of the consultant and the effect that change is having on the private equity industry.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Generating Alpha in Alternative Markets</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/11/03/generating-alpha-in-alternative-markets/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/11/03/generating-alpha-in-alternative-markets/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 00:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vshah</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alpha Hunters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alpha Strategies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Commodities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alpha]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alpha generation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Secondary Market]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SecondMarket]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=23849</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[

Even against the backdrop of a global recession, the top 50 fastest growing companies in the USA averaged growth rates between 3,893% and 40,882% in the three years to the start of 2011.  These are rates of return which more than compensate the investor for the risk of making high-growth-young-company-investments.  For some investors, alternative markets [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Exploring the Uncharted Seas of Private Equity</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/10/26/exploring-the-uncharted-seas-of-private-equity/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/10/26/exploring-the-uncharted-seas-of-private-equity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 00:02:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cfaille</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alpha Strategies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cyril Demaria]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Wiley & Sons Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[private equity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tiare Investment Management]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=23815</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
Cyril Demaria, a partner at Tiaré Investment Management in Zurich, and a former portfolio manager at Maaf Gestion, has written a book, Introduction to Private Equity, John Wiley &#38; Sons Inc., Hoboken, N.J., 2010, 244 pp., $49.95.
The subject matter is named well enough in the title. I’ll only add that Demaria uses the term “private [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Survey Concludes Finding Alpha Is Difficult</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/10/05/new-survey-concludes-finding-alpha-is-difficult/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/10/05/new-survey-concludes-finding-alpha-is-difficult/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 00:33:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cfaille</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alpha Strategies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Performance, Analytics & Metrics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Timely Research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic uncertainty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[information]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[international investment management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[percent]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[private equity markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[quality investment opportunities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SEI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sei paper]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Survey]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=23347</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The second in a three-part series on private equity from SEI shows that alpha is a bit slippery these days.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Asia-Pacific Private Equity Parade: Is it Passing You By?</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/09/27/the-asia-pacific-private-equity-parade-is-it-passing-you-by/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/09/27/the-asia-pacific-private-equity-parade-is-it-passing-you-by/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 00:28:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cfaille</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Timely Research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alternative investment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Preqin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[private equity]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=23234</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It is true by definition that the crowd is right in the midst of a trend, and wrong at the moment when that trend is about to reverse itself.  In the Asia Pacific region, broad confidence in opportunities for private equity surely constitutes by now, a trend, even a parade. Whether it is the sort [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Preqin Investor Outlook: Private Equity H2 2011</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/09/23/preqin-investor-outlook-private-equity-h2-2011/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/09/23/preqin-investor-outlook-private-equity-h2-2011/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 17:23:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icappelletti</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=23203</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Preqin
Published: September 2011
Abstract: Investors are gradually regaining coni dence in the asset class and, while many are not investing at the same pace as in the years prior to the downturn, fund managers should be encouraged that the number of investors looking to make commitments is steadily improving. Preqin interviewed 100 institutional investors in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Private equity: Is the glass full? Half full? Empty?</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/09/22/private-equity-is-the-glass-full-half-full-empty/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/09/22/private-equity-is-the-glass-full-half-full-empty/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 00:02:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cfaille</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=23110</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Roughly half of the private equity limited partners questioned in a June 2011 survey said they plan to commit more capital to PE funds this year than they did last.]]></description>
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		<title>What the Dickens Do Investors Want?</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/09/01/what-the-dickens-do-investors-want/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/09/01/what-the-dickens-do-investors-want/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 00:03:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AAA Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[High-net-worth investors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=22999</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Institutional investors have great expectations for private equity, and the right fund managers, willing to meet their “increasingly exacting standards,” will be in a position to  listen to “capture part of the  growing flow of assets” in that direction.]]></description>
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		<title>2011 Private Equity Buyer/Public Target M&amp;A Deal Study</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/08/30/2011-private-equity-buyerpublic-target-ma-deal-study/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/08/30/2011-private-equity-buyerpublic-target-ma-deal-study/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2011 14:16:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icappelletti</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=22972</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Schulte Roth &#038; Zabel
Published: August 2011
Abstract: We conducted our survey, in part, to observe any notable trends or themes based on our review of the 25 transactions. Please note, however, that in our experience, particularly in terms of deal-making post-2008 credit crisis, these deals are often sui generis due to a number of factors, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Takeover Terms and Conditions: the State of the Union</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/08/29/takeover-terms-and-conditions-the-state-of-the-union/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/08/29/takeover-terms-and-conditions-the-state-of-the-union/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2011 00:01:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AAA Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=22834</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[You and your neighbour are good friends and, like Dagwood Bumstead and Herb Woodley, you share tools all the time. Then one day it occurs to you that Herb has lots of tools that he isn't using, or using well. Why not, you say, make an offer on his garage and its contents. Of course, Herb will have his own terms and conditions – and maybe extract a price if the deal falls through.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Report from Yonkers: &#8216;Hit &#8216;em where they ain&#8217;t!&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/08/26/report-from-yonkers-hit-em-where-they-aint/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/08/26/report-from-yonkers-hit-em-where-they-aint/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2011 18:10:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guest</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Real Estate]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=22879</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Alpha isn't always where you'd expect it, especially in the crowded private equity field.
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>And the debate over fees continues&#8230; at least the &#8216;2&#8242; part</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/08/24/and-the-debate-over-fees-continues-at-least-the-2-part/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/08/24/and-the-debate-over-fees-continues-at-least-the-2-part/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2011 00:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cgoldman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Investment Management Fees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=22770</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Fees for alternative investments, particularly for private equity, are a long-standing issue that likely will never be resolved, but investors and managers alike keep trying, according to a recent survey by Preqin. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/08/24/and-the-debate-over-fees-continues-at-least-the-2-part/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Private Equity Spotlight: August 2011</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/08/23/private-equity-spotlight-august-2011/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/08/23/private-equity-spotlight-august-2011/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2011 13:13:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icappelletti</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=22801</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Prequin
Published: August 2011
Abstract: Welcome to the latest edition of Private Equity Spotlight, the monthly newsletter from Preqin providing insights into private equity performance, investors and fundraising. Private Equity Spotlight combines information from our online products Performance Analyst, Investor Intelligence, Fund Manager Pro?les, Funds in Market, Secondary Market Monitor and Deals Analyst. 
Related Post: Disco Aside: [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Not All Children Are Above Average</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/08/22/not-all-children-are-above-average/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/08/22/not-all-children-are-above-average/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2011 00:36:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AAA Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=22758</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If everyone is the best, then no one is the best. A look at private equity performance.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Wealth management: If only we could erase all those &#8216;V&#8217;s on our charts&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/08/03/wealth-management-if-only-we-could-erase-all-those-vs-on-our-charts/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/08/03/wealth-management-if-only-we-could-erase-all-those-vs-on-our-charts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2011 00:07:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cgoldman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Industry Trends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=22535</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Alternatives are increasingly being viewed as a key component of portfolio construction for wealth management firms - good news for hedge funds. But there's competition from private equity.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/08/03/wealth-management-if-only-we-could-erase-all-those-vs-on-our-charts/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Preqin Private Equity Spotlight</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/07/29/preqin-private-equity-spotlight/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/07/29/preqin-private-equity-spotlight/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2011 12:52:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icappelletti</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=22491</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Tim Friedman, Alex Jones of Preqin
Published: July 2011
Abstract: In the aftermath of the financial crisis it is more important than ever for fund managers to build strong and long-lasting relationships with their investors. Tim Friedman and Alex Jones reveal how fund terms and conditions play an important part of this process.
Related Post: When it come [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Everybody Back in the Water! Deep Diving the Family Office Investment Pool</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/07/28/everybody-back-in-the-water-deep-diving-the-family-office-investment-pool/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/07/28/everybody-back-in-the-water-deep-diving-the-family-office-investment-pool/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2011 00:22:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kfox</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[High-net-worth investors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Real Estate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Retail Investing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Timely Research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=22451</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[According to the latest research, confidence in family office investing is back.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/07/28/everybody-back-in-the-water-deep-diving-the-family-office-investment-pool/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>When it come to private equity, you don&#8217;t always get what you pay for</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/07/27/when-it-come-to-private-equity-you-dont-always-get-what-you-pay-for/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/07/27/when-it-come-to-private-equity-you-dont-always-get-what-you-pay-for/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2011 00:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cgoldman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=22448</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[More stringent than ever, investors are demanding more for the same or less of private equity funds. Whether they'll relent remains to be seen.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/07/27/when-it-come-to-private-equity-you-dont-always-get-what-you-pay-for/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Sunrise, sunset or sunrise redux for private equity?</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/07/10/sunrise-sunset-or-sunrise-redux-for-private-equity/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/07/10/sunrise-sunset-or-sunrise-redux-for-private-equity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2011 00:30:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cgoldman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=22027</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A recent report on the private equity landscape paints a less-optimistic picture of where private equity is headed two-plus years after the financial crisis. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/07/10/sunrise-sunset-or-sunrise-redux-for-private-equity/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>An Alternatives Expert Viewpoint on Alternative Alternatives</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/06/29/an-alternatives-expert-viewpoint-on-alternative-alternatives/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/06/29/an-alternatives-expert-viewpoint-on-alternative-alternatives/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2011 00:18:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kfox</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Commodities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Real Estate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Recommended Books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Retail Investing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=22053</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Tongue- and portfolio-tied investors are looking for alternatives for their alternatives in order to achieve non-correlation.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Interesting returns on business model information from Super Returns US</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/06/13/interesting-returns-on-business-model-information-from-super-returns-us/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/06/13/interesting-returns-on-business-model-information-from-super-returns-us/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2011 00:52:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guest</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=21854</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Irina Zeltser attended the US Super Returns conference, held recently in Boston, where the future of the general partner business model was up for debate.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Strip mall in central Nevada, 50% off! Act now!</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/06/12/strip-mall-in-central-nevada-50-off-act-now/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/06/12/strip-mall-in-central-nevada-50-off-act-now/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2011 00:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cgoldman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Real Estate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=21736</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Private equity shops are finally smelling opportunity in the U.S. commercial real estate market. The question is whether the roses they smell are as sweet as they think, or if they just plain stink.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/06/12/strip-mall-in-central-nevada-50-off-act-now/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Global private equity watch: Winners will emerge</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/06/07/global-private-equity-watch-winners-will-emerge/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/06/07/global-private-equity-watch-winners-will-emerge/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2011 13:48:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icappelletti</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=21705</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Ernst &#038; Young
Published: May 2011
Abstract: After a two-year hiatus, 2010 saw an upturn in private equity (PE) activity levels and 2011 looks set to build on this recovery. It will be an active year, but buyout houses must remain acutely aware of, and act to satisfy, the needs of a growing number of stakeholders.
Related [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Extra! Extra! Read all about it. Private equity nears the top?</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/06/06/extra-extra-read-all-about-it-private-equity-nears-the-top/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/06/06/extra-extra-read-all-about-it-private-equity-nears-the-top/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2011 00:04:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cgoldman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=21554</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Many look at headlines proclaiming the latest and greatest recoveries or achievements in investing as the ultimate contrarian indicator. Could all of private equity's awesome accolades of late be saying the same thing?]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/06/06/extra-extra-read-all-about-it-private-equity-nears-the-top/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Private Equity in 2011</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/06/02/private-equity-in-2011/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/06/02/private-equity-in-2011/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2011 14:13:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icappelletti</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=21633</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Rothstein Kass
Published: May 2011
Abstract: A stronger economy, improving capital markets and a greater perceived ability to identify and complete transactions are factors in the more positive industry forecast, according to private equity fund managers. Even as uncertainty surrounding exit strategies subsides, private equity firms continue to take a more active role with portfolio companies [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Come and get it! The private equity buffet is back in business</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/06/01/come-and-get-it-the-private-equity-buffet-is-back-in-business/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/06/01/come-and-get-it-the-private-equity-buffet-is-back-in-business/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2011 00:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cgoldman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=21484</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Investors and managers alike are moving back toward the smorgasbord of different types of alternative investments that is private equity, but there are still signs that indigestion and tummy aches may come back to haunt.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/06/01/come-and-get-it-the-private-equity-buffet-is-back-in-business/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Diversification in Private Equity Funds: On Knowledge-Sharing, Risk-Aversion and Limited-Attention</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/06/01/diversification-in-private-equity-funds-on-knowledge-sharing-risk-aversion-and-limited-attention/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/06/01/diversification-in-private-equity-funds-on-knowledge-sharing-risk-aversion-and-limited-attention/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2011 13:07:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icappelletti</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=21606</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Mark Humphery-Jenner 
Published: May 2011
Abstract: Diversication can destroy value in some, but not all, corporations. Diversication can increase rm-size and entrench managers. This can facilitate shirking and empire-building (Amihud and Lev, 1999; Aron, 1988). Empirical evidence supports this prediction. However, diversication might increase value in some companies by reducing agency conflicts of managerial risk [...]]]></description>
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		<title>To every season, there is a sport or an investment</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/05/31/to-every-season-there-is-a-sport-or-an-investment/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/05/31/to-every-season-there-is-a-sport-or-an-investment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2011 00:25:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AAA Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=21503</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It's almost summer, yet neither the ice-cold hockey rinks nor the sweaty basketball courts have relented on their highly paid inmates. Maybe the owners of these highly salaried prize fighters know something... and share it with fellow owners.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Private equity and real estate: Wanna buy a bridge?</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/05/25/private-equity-and-real-estate-wanna-buy-a-bridge/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/05/25/private-equity-and-real-estate-wanna-buy-a-bridge/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 00:11:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cgoldman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=21435</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It's tough to argue that private equity and real estate aren't the most intuitive investment this days, but a recent report suggests institutional investors are seeing some promise.  ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/05/25/private-equity-and-real-estate-wanna-buy-a-bridge/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>Looking to the future: Private equity backed company survey 2011</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/04/26/looking-to-the-future-private-equity-backed-company-survey-2011/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/04/26/looking-to-the-future-private-equity-backed-company-survey-2011/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2011 13:52:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icappelletti</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=20858</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: PricewaterhouseCoopers
Published: March 2011
Abstract: Our survey has produced some surprising results. Looking back to the peak of the boom, the private equity market was characterised by a higher volume of more highly leveraged transactions and two thirds of our sample are from the 2006 &#8211; 2008 vintages.
Related Post: PE Firms: Sweet little bunnies or the [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>PE Firms: Sweet little bunnies or the &#8220;Killer Rabbit of Caerbannog&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/04/24/pe-firms-sweet-little-bunnies-or-the-killer-rabbit-of-caerbannog/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/04/24/pe-firms-sweet-little-bunnies-or-the-killer-rabbit-of-caerbannog/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Apr 2011 01:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AAA Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=20671</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Private equity managers arguably bit off more than they could chew in the pre-crisis, credit-crunch world. Now, several years on, PE-funded companies have managed to survive, mutate and thrive, according to a new report.]]></description>
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		<title>Report: &#8220;Path to liquidity is uncertain and considerably longer&#8221; for VC targets now</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/03/23/path-to-liquidity-is-uncertain-and-considerably-longer-for-vc-targets/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/03/23/path-to-liquidity-is-uncertain-and-considerably-longer-for-vc-targets/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2011 01:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guest</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=19838</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Times are tough for VCs. The National Venture Capital Association recently found out exactly how tough. (Hint: "Fund raising skills" are now a must-have for CEOs.)  ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/03/23/path-to-liquidity-is-uncertain-and-considerably-longer-for-vc-targets/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>Preqin Investor Outlook: Private Equity</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/03/11/preqin-investor-outlook-private-equity/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/03/11/preqin-investor-outlook-private-equity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Mar 2011 13:53:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icappelletti</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=19961</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By:  Preqin 
Published: March 2011
Abstract: The onset of the financial crisis saw private equity fundraising become a much more challenging prospect for fund managers. Many institutional investors which had previously been active in the asset class placed their investments on hold and GPs struggled to raise capital for new vehicles.
Related Post: Bonfire of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bonfire of the Valuations: Trading distressed private equity</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/03/10/bonfire-of-the-valuations-trading-distressed-private-equity/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/03/10/bonfire-of-the-valuations-trading-distressed-private-equity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Mar 2011 01:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AAA Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=19783</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The mid-2000s were quite the party for the private equity crowd. But the morning after, they woke up to too much debt on too few revenues, highballs combined with high-balled growth. So who gets to clean up the mess?]]></description>
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		<title>Send me an angel, VC or a private equity fund&#8230;or all of the above.</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/02/27/send-me-an-angel-or-vc-or-a-private-equity-fund-or-all-of-the-above/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/02/27/send-me-an-angel-or-vc-or-a-private-equity-fund-or-all-of-the-above/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Feb 2011 01:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AAA Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=19433</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Angel investing is an acquired taste that isn't generally described as an "alternative investment."  But as a recent survey of both angels and VC funds illustrates, angel investing is really no different than an institutional investor making "direct" private equity investments. ]]></description>
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		<title>Some Like it Hot</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/02/23/some-like-it-hot/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/02/23/some-like-it-hot/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Feb 2011 13:38:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icappelletti</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=19461</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Xiaowei Kang, Frank Nielsen, Giacomo Fachinotti 
Published: January 2011
Abstract: As part of the MSCI Research series on global equity implementation, this paper reviews the active management opportunity in different market segments, and discusses the role of very active mandates across segments in a core-satellite portfolio structure.
Our research based on manager performance data over the [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Private equity funds-of-funds facing many of the same concerns as their hedge fund cousins</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/02/13/private-equity-funds-of-funds-facing-many-of-the-same-concerns-as-their-hedge-fund-cousins/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/02/13/private-equity-funds-of-funds-facing-many-of-the-same-concerns-as-their-hedge-fund-cousins/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Feb 2011 01:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=19000</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Despite being raised in different homes, it turns out that funds of private equity funds face some of the same genetic realities as their hedge fund brethren.  ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/02/13/private-equity-funds-of-funds-facing-many-of-the-same-concerns-as-their-hedge-fund-cousins/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Giants at the Gate: On the Cross-Section of Private Equity Investment Returns</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/02/03/giants-at-the-gate-on-the-cross-section-of-private-equity-investment-returns/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/02/03/giants-at-the-gate-on-the-cross-section-of-private-equity-investment-returns/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Feb 2011 14:32:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icappelletti</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=18939</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Florencio Lopez de Silanes, Ludovic Phalippou, Oliver Gottschalg
Published: March 2009
Abstract: We examine the determinants of private equity returns using a newly constructed database of 7,500 investments worldwide over forty years. The median investment IRR (PME) is 21% (1.3), gross of fees. One in ten investments goes bankrupt, whereas one in four has an IRR [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>&#8220;Giants at the Gate&#8221; not so tough after all</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/02/01/giants-at-the-gate-not-so-tough-after-all/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/02/01/giants-at-the-gate-not-so-tough-after-all/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2011 01:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guest</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=18868</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[After last week's mega-deal, private equity firm Carlyle Group solidified its position as the world's most formidable barbarian at the gates of the world's private companies.  But does heft equal returns? ]]></description>
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		<title>Elephantine sovereign wealth funds trying to fly &#8220;below the radar&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/01/31/elephantine-funds-trying-to-fly-below-the-radar/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/01/31/elephantine-funds-trying-to-fly-below-the-radar/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2011 01:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AAA Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=18860</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Sovereign Wealth Funds are some of the biggest behemoths around.  So why would they ever think they could move around undetected?]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/01/31/elephantine-funds-trying-to-fly-below-the-radar/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Unique research study reveals private equity managers&#8217; actual &#8220;skin in the game&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/01/27/unique-research-study-reveals-private-equity-managers-actual-skin-in-the-game/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/01/27/unique-research-study-reveals-private-equity-managers-actual-skin-in-the-game/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jan 2011 01:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Academic Research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=18801</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the world's largest institutional investors in private equity funds recently invited academics to study it's decades' worth of secret fund data.  What those researchers found might surprise you.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/01/27/unique-research-study-reveals-private-equity-managers-actual-skin-in-the-game/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>Facebook 50 billion valuation, Volcker, shine spotlight on secondary private equity markets</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/01/18/facebook-50-billion-valuation-volcker-shine-spotlight-on-secondary-private-equity-markets/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2011/01/18/facebook-50-billion-valuation-volcker-shine-spotlight-on-secondary-private-equity-markets/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jan 2011 01:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AAA Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=18472</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Without liquid markets, private equity values are nearly always marked to model.  But that may be changing...]]></description>
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		<title>Private equity steps up and searches for opportunities amid volatile markets and an evolving legislative landscape</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/12/20/private-equity-steps-up-and-searches-for-opportunities-amid-volatile-markets-and-an-evolving-legislative-landscape/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/12/20/private-equity-steps-up-and-searches-for-opportunities-amid-volatile-markets-and-an-evolving-legislative-landscape/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Dec 2010 14:34:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icappelletti</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=18031</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Ernst &#038; Young
Published: July 2010
Abstract: The first half of 2010 was characterized by volatile global equities markets, mixed messages about the state of the global economy and sweeping regulatory changes that are likely to have a profound impact on the world’s financial system. Against this backdrop, private equity (PE) firms have stepped up their [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Venture Captial Returns Continued to Reflect Fragile Economic COnditions in the First Quarter of 2010</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/12/20/venture-captial-returns-continued-to-reflect-fragile-economic-conditions-in-the-first-quarter-of-2010/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/12/20/venture-captial-returns-continued-to-reflect-fragile-economic-conditions-in-the-first-quarter-of-2010/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Dec 2010 14:29:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icappelletti</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=18027</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Cambridge Associates, LLC 
Published: July 2010
Abstract: A gradually recovering exit market helped drive shorter-term venture capital performance upward as of the end of the first quarter of 2010 while the 10-year horizon continued to decline, according to the Cambridge Associates U.S. Venture Capital Index®, the performance benchmark of the National Venture Capital Association.
Related Post: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>At last! Private equity distributions finally looking up.</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/12/19/at-last-private-equity-distributions-finally-looking-up/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/12/19/at-last-private-equity-distributions-finally-looking-up/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Dec 2010 01:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AAA Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=17876</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Private equity investors have been a patient lot, and now that patience may finally begin to pay off.  ]]></description>
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		<title>Too many debt-fuelled sugar rushes leading to health problems for private equity</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/09/22/too-many-debt-fuelled-sugar-rushes-leading-to-health-problems-for-private-equity/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/09/22/too-many-debt-fuelled-sugar-rushes-leading-to-health-problems-for-private-equity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2010 00:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guest</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=15939</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A recent academic study confirms the prevailing wisdom that cheap debt provided private equity funds with a sugar rush that is now beginning to wear off. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/09/22/too-many-debt-fuelled-sugar-rushes-leading-to-health-problems-for-private-equity/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>Private Equity As Victim: Leverage takes back seat to value creation</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/09/01/private-equity-as-victim-leverage-takes-back-seat-to-value-creation/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/09/01/private-equity-as-victim-leverage-takes-back-seat-to-value-creation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AAA Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=15618</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A couple of recent studies find that leverage isn't the secret weapon it's sometimes made out to be for private equity funds. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/09/01/private-equity-as-victim-leverage-takes-back-seat-to-value-creation/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>Private Equity Performance and Liquidity Risk</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/08/31/private-equity-performance-and-liquidity-risk/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/08/31/private-equity-performance-and-liquidity-risk/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 14:51:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icappelletti</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=15630</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Francesco A. Franzoni, Eric Nowak, Ludovic Phalippou
Published: June 2010
Abstract: This is the first study to show evidence of liquidity risk in private equity returns. Our data contains cash flows for 4,403 liquidated investments, which are both successful and unsuccessful, reducing sample selection bias to a minimum. We find that a onestandard deviation positive shock [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Under the hood: Ground breaking private equity study examines actual investments, not just funds</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/08/30/under-the-hood-ground-breaking-private-equity-study-examines-actual-investments-not-just-funds/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/08/30/under-the-hood-ground-breaking-private-equity-study-examines-actual-investments-not-just-funds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Academic Research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=15469</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A lot has been said about the liquidity of private equity funds.  But what about the liquidity of the individual private investments held by PE investors (both funds and direct investors)? ]]></description>
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		<title>Private Equity Secondaries: The Market in 2010</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/08/13/private-equity-secondaries-the-market-in-2010/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/08/13/private-equity-secondaries-the-market-in-2010/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2010 16:14:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icappelletti</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=15236</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
By: Preqin Research Group
Published: June 2010
Abstract: Following the onset of the financial crisis, late 2008 and early 2009 saw a number of institutional investment portfolios enter a state of disharmony and distress. With public markets falling, many found themselves over-allocated to private equity as a result of the denominator effect. The expectation felt across the industry [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Private Equity Spotlight &#8211; June 2010</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/08/13/private-equity-spotlight-june-2010/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/08/13/private-equity-spotlight-june-2010/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2010 15:43:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icappelletti</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=15220</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
By: Preqin Research Group
Published: June 2010
Abstract: As negotiating power shifts towards LPs, we uncover significant movement in management fees for new funds.
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		<title>Infrastructure Spotlight</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/08/13/infrastructure-spotlight/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/08/13/infrastructure-spotlight/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2010 15:16:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icappelletti</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=15211</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
By: Preqin Research Group
Published: June 2010
Abstract: As the private equity cleantech and renewable energy market continues to grow, we explore the role infrastructure funds are playing in the development of this booming sector.
]]></description>
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		<title>Q2 2010 Private Equity Fundraising Update</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/08/13/q2-2010-private-equity-fundraising-update/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/08/13/q2-2010-private-equity-fundraising-update/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2010 15:11:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icappelletti</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=15206</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
By: Preqin Research Group
Published: June 2010
Abstract: Data from Preqin’s Performance Analyst has been used to analyze the returns generated by private equity partnerships as at 31 December 2009 to provide an independent and unbiased assessment of the industry’s performance. Preqin currently holds transparent net-to-LP performance data for over 5,000 private equity funds of all types [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Q2 2010 Private Equity Global Buyout Deals Update</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/08/13/q2-2010-private-equity-global-buyout-deals-update/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/08/13/q2-2010-private-equity-global-buyout-deals-update/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2010 14:58:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icappelletti</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=15198</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
By: Preqin Research Group
Published: July 2010
Abstract: Global deal flow in Q2 2010 represents the strongest quarter for buyout deals in the post-credit crunch landscape, a total of 411 private equity buyout deals were announced, with an aggregate value of $43.3 billion.
]]></description>
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		<title>The Private Equity Market In Africa</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/08/13/the-private-equity-market-in-africa/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/08/13/the-private-equity-market-in-africa/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2010 14:19:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icappelletti</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=15177</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
By: Preqin Research Group
Published: August 2010
Abstract: While the African private equity market is yet to achieve landmark status on the global alternatives map, evidence suggests that the sector is expanding and new funds are rapidly increasing in both size and reach. While the African private equity market is yet to achieve landmark status on the global alternatives map, evidence suggests [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Of classic cars, fine wines and vintage infrastructure funds</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/08/09/of-classic-cars-fine-wines-and-vintage-infrastructure-funds/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/08/09/of-classic-cars-fine-wines-and-vintage-infrastructure-funds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 00:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AAA Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=14988</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[With age comes benefits, especially for infrastructure funds, according to a recent report that focuses on "vintage" funds and their longer-term performance.]]></description>
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		<title>Grey skies are gonna clear up &#8211; for private equity</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/08/01/grey-skies-are-gonna-clear-up-for-private-equity/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/08/01/grey-skies-are-gonna-clear-up-for-private-equity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2010 00:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AAA Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=14760</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Grey skies are going to clear up, put on happy smile... for private equity, a new report says. But some private equity managers are still humming "Stormy Weather"... ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Is venture capital really &#8220;broken&#8221;?</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/07/29/is-venture-capital-really-broken/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/07/29/is-venture-capital-really-broken/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guest</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=14812</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If it ain't broke, do you try to fix it anyway?]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Study reveals Achilles heel of mega private equity funds</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/07/19/study-reveals-achilles-heel-of-mega-private-equity-funds/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/07/19/study-reveals-achilles-heel-of-mega-private-equity-funds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 00:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=14555</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Big is apparently not always best in private equity.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/07/19/study-reveals-achilles-heel-of-mega-private-equity-funds/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Research suggests PE firms benefit significantly from the “2” in “2 and 20”</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/06/27/research-suggests-pe-firms-benefit-significantly-from-the-%e2%80%9c2%e2%80%9d-in-%e2%80%9c2-and-20%e2%80%9d/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/06/27/research-suggests-pe-firms-benefit-significantly-from-the-%e2%80%9c2%e2%80%9d-in-%e2%80%9c2-and-20%e2%80%9d/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 00:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AAA Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=14121</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Back in the old days, private equity managers got rich on their carried interest.  Well not any more...]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>VC Industry to Congress: &#8220;Don&#8217;t tax me bro!&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/06/15/vc-industry-to-congress-dont-tax-me-bro/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/06/15/vc-industry-to-congress-dont-tax-me-bro/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 00:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guest</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=13828</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The venture capital community says it's a "critical" service that supports job growth and therefore should not succumb to new taxes on many alternative investments.  But will Congress buy it?]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Study finds private equity differs markedly across Asia</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/05/13/study-finds-private-equity-differs-markedly-across-asia/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/05/13/study-finds-private-equity-differs-markedly-across-asia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 00:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Academic Research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=13095</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If market inefficiencies beget alpha, then is it any surprise emerging market private equity is attracting so much capital? ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Bain &amp; Co.: Private equity downturn &#8220;rearranged established rules, reset expectations and planted the seeds of PE’s next phase&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/04/18/bain-co-private-equity-downturn-rearranged-established-rules-reset-expectations-and-planted-the-seeds-of-pe%e2%80%99s-next-phase/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/04/18/bain-co-private-equity-downturn-rearranged-established-rules-reset-expectations-and-planted-the-seeds-of-pe%e2%80%99s-next-phase/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 00:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guest</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=12669</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A new report from consultancy Bain &#038; Co., reminds us that private equity is notoriously cyclical.  The question now is "What new direction will the industry take this time around?"]]></description>
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		<title>Global Private Equity Report 2010</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/04/01/global-private-equity-report-2010/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/04/01/global-private-equity-report-2010/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 14:08:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AAA Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=12743</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Bain &#38; Co.
Published: April, 2010
Introduction: In the following pages, you will find several integrated topics that describe what is happening today in the world of private equity, with a particular focus on buyouts. We begin with a brief review of 2009—examining what happened and, equally important, explaining what didn’t. From there, we quickly shift [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Family offices taking a shine to private equity: report</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/03/29/family-offices-taking-a-shine-to-private-equity-report/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/03/29/family-offices-taking-a-shine-to-private-equity-report/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 00:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AAA Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[family office]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[private equity]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=10843</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Family offices have long been enamored with alternative investment managers. A new survey suggests private equity funds may be next in line.]]></description>
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		<title>Leveraged Buyouts and Control Oriented Investments in Asia</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/03/28/leveraged-buyouts-and-control-oriented-investments-in-asia/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/03/28/leveraged-buyouts-and-control-oriented-investments-in-asia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Mar 2010 15:22:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AAA Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=13363</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Mai Takeuchi
Published: March 28, 2010
Abstract: This chapter contributes to the new body of research on Asian private equity markets. We describe the institutional development of Asian LBO markets, drawing on historical comparative studies. Financial returns to Asian LBOs and growth investments are analyzed with reference to returns to going private transactions and realized private [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Hedge funds&#8217; poorer cousins are finally, maybe, starting to catch up</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/03/25/hedge-funds-poorer-cousins-are-finally-maybe-starting-to-catch-up/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/03/25/hedge-funds-poorer-cousins-are-finally-maybe-starting-to-catch-up/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 00:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AAA Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=10818</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Private equity is unfortunately living up to its reputation as the poor cousin of hedge funds, but things are slowly beginning to turn around, according to a recent report.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Study: Private equity managers&#8217; incentives may be twice as high a previously thought</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/03/17/study-private-equity-managers-incentives-may-be-twice-as-high-a-previously-thought/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/03/17/study-private-equity-managers-incentives-may-be-twice-as-high-a-previously-thought/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Academic Research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=10647</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ever noticed that the marketers of alternative investments are just as excited about good returns as the portfolio managers - even though they may not share in any performance fee?]]></description>
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		<title>Private equity found not to contribute to boom &amp; bust after all</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/03/03/private-equity-found-not-to-contribute-to-boom-bust-after-all/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/03/03/private-equity-found-not-to-contribute-to-boom-bust-after-all/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 02:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guest</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Academic Research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=10269</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Private equity has been at the center of rancorous social and political debates over the past few years.  But a recent report on the industry suggests that PE actually does provide tangible benefits.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Are Banks Happy When Managers Go Long? Vested Options and the Cost of Private Debt</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/03/01/are-banks-happy-when-managers-go-long-vested-options-and-the-cost-of-private-debt/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/03/01/are-banks-happy-when-managers-go-long-vested-options-and-the-cost-of-private-debt/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:08:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AAA Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=12635</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Cristian L. Dezso, University of Maryland
Published: March 1, 2010
Abstract: Traditional corporate finance theory holds that managers with highly-levered long positions in their firms may favor equity at the expense of debt, for example by choosing excessively risky investment projects. Intriguingly, however, we find that when managers voluntarily retain vested in-the-money options on their firm’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Private Equity Performance Report</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/03/01/private-equity-performance-report/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/03/01/private-equity-performance-report/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 13:51:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AAA Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By: Preqin
Published: March 2010
Introduction: Using data from Preqin’s Performance Analyst, Preqin has analysed the returns generated by private equity partnerships as at 30 September 2009 in order to provide an independent and unbiased assessment of the industry’s performance. Preqin currently holds transparent net-to-LP performance data for over 4,900 private equity funds of all types and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Private Equity Performance Report Fund Performance Data as of Q3 2009</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/03/01/private-equity-performance-report-fund-performance-data-as-of-q3-2009/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/03/01/private-equity-performance-report-fund-performance-data-as-of-q3-2009/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 13:22:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AAA Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By: Preqin
Published: March, 2010
Introduction:Using data from Preqin’s Performance Analyst, Preqin has analyzed the returns generated by private equity partnerships as at 30
September 2009 in order to provide an independent and unbiased assessment of the industry’s performance. Preqin currently holds transparent net-to-LP performance data for over 4,900 private equity funds of all types and geographic focus. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Survey of Family Offices Investing in Private Equity</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/03/01/survey-of-family-offices-investing-in-private-equity/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/03/01/survey-of-family-offices-investing-in-private-equity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 13:17:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AAA Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By: Preqin
Published: March 2010
Introduction: Preqin recently contacted 34 of the family offices, multi-family offi ces and wealth managers on our Investor Intelligence database in order to gain a better understanding of family offices as investors in private equity. We specifically looked to shed light on the private equity plans of family offices for the next [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Listed Private Equity and the Case of Exits</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/02/25/listed-private-equity-and-the-case-of-exits/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/02/25/listed-private-equity-and-the-case-of-exits/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 18:29:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AAA Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Regulation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By: Götz Müller, University of Witten
Published:February 25, 2010
Abstract: The public listing of shares from private equity houses and funds has dramatically changed the corporate governance structure of these entities. These changes aggravate the information asymmetry between investors and general partners, and as a result most of these companies trade at high discounts to their net [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Critical Theory of Private Equity</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/02/25/a-critical-theory-of-private-equity/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/02/25/a-critical-theory-of-private-equity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 18:25:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AAA Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=10294</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Lee Harris, University of Memphis
Published: February 25, 2010
Abstract: In the private equity world, partnership agreements have received praise from many corners for reducing the agency costs arising between the interests of fund managers and investors. This article sets out to assess contract design in private equity partnerships. The argument here is that the importance [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Incentives of Private Equity General Partners from Future Fundraising</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/02/17/incentives-of-private-equity-general-partners-from-future-fundraising/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/02/17/incentives-of-private-equity-general-partners-from-future-fundraising/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 18:18:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AAA Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=10290</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Ji-Woong Chung, Ohio State University
Published: February 17, 2010
Abstract: Incentives from the explicit fee structure (“two and twenty”) of private equity funds understate the actual incentives facing private equity general partners because they ignore the rewards stemming from the e?ect of current performance on the ability to raise larger funds in the future. We evaluate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Incentives of Private Equity General Partners from Future Fundraising</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/02/11/incentives-of-private-equity-general-partners-from-future-fundraising-2/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/02/11/incentives-of-private-equity-general-partners-from-future-fundraising-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 13:18:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AAA Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=10687</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Ji-Woong Chung, Ohio State University
Published: February 11, 2010
Abstract: Incentives from the explicit fee structure (“two and twenty”) of private equity funds understate the actual incentives facing private equity general partners because they ignore the rewards stemming from the effect of current performance on the ability to raise larger funds in the future. We evaluate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How a bright idea 60 years ago laid the groundwork for hedge fund ETFs</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/02/02/how-a-bright-idea-60-years-ago-laid-the-groundwork-for-hedge-fund-etfs/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/02/02/how-a-bright-idea-60-years-ago-laid-the-groundwork-for-hedge-fund-etfs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Academic Research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A new study sheds light on listed private equity funds.]]></description>
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		<title>Institutional Investment in Listed Private Equity</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/01/24/institutional-investment-in-listed-private-equity/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/01/24/institutional-investment-in-listed-private-equity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2010 21:21:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AAA Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=9249</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Douglas J. Cumming, York University
Published: January 24, 2010
Abstract: This paper examines institutional investors’ propensity to invest in a relatively unknown asset class of listed private equity. Based on data provided by LPEQ and Preqin covering 100 institutional investors in Europe in 2008, we find allocations are primarily a function of size, type, location, decision-making [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Risk-Neutral Valuation of Real Estate Derivatives</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/01/14/risk-neutral-valuation-of-real-estate-derivatives/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/01/14/risk-neutral-valuation-of-real-estate-derivatives/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 18:31:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AAA Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Performance, Analytics & Metrics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Real Estate]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=9727</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: David Van Bragt, ORTEC Consultants
Published: January 14, 2010
Abstract: We propose a novel and intuitive risk-neutral valuation model for real estate derivatives. We first model the underlying efficient market price of real estate and then construct the observed index value with an adaptation of the price update rule by Blundell and Ward (1987). The resulting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Leveraged CAPM</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/01/14/leveraged-capm/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/01/14/leveraged-capm/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 18:27:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AAA Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Performance, Analytics & Metrics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=9724</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Jörg Seidel, Chair of Corporate and Ship Finance
Published: January 14, 2010
Abstract: This paper documents that the size effect (Banz, 1981) and the contrarian effect (DeBondt and Thaler, 1985) can be explained by a measurement error in beta. This measurement error results from a change in financial leverage during the beta estimation window. Based on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Private is Private Equity?</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/01/11/how-private-is-private-equity/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/01/11/how-private-is-private-equity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 18:34:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AAA Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=9730</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: James C. Spindler, USC
Published: January 11, 2010
Abstract: Private equity funds enjoy a number of advantages: they avoid the informational requirements (and liabilities) that anti-fraud laws place on other funds, limited partners are less able to liquidate their shares, and the general partner has more autonomy. The benefit of these features is that they prevent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Golden Age for &#8220;pre-owned&#8221; investments?</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/01/10/a-golden-age-for-pre-owned-investments/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/01/10/a-golden-age-for-pre-owned-investments/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 01:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=8728</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As car shoppers know, you can save yourself a fortune by picking up a gently-used model.  According to some, now is a perfect time to apply this axiom to private equity.  ]]></description>
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		<title>Once bitten, twice shy: Caution reigns for private equity investors</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/01/06/once-bitten-twice-shy-caution-reigns-for-private-equity-investors/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/01/06/once-bitten-twice-shy-caution-reigns-for-private-equity-investors/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 00:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=8619</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Like everyone, private equity investors have been bitten over the past two years.  And like everyone, they now seem to be a little more cautious.]]></description>
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		<title>Global Private Equity Barometer</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/01/01/global-private-equity-barometer/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/01/01/global-private-equity-barometer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 13:54:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icappelletti</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/01/01/global-private-equity-barometer/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Coller Capital
Published: Winter 2009-10
Introduction: Coller Capital’s Global Private Equity Barometer is a unique snapshot of worldwide trends in private equity – a twice-yearly overview of the plans and opinions of institutional investors in private equity (Limited Partners, or LPs, as they are known) based in North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific. This 11th edition of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are private equity managers being asked to play poker with their cards facing up?</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/12/13/are-private-equity-managers-being-asked-to-play-poker-with-cards-facing-up/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/12/13/are-private-equity-managers-being-asked-to-play-poker-with-cards-facing-up/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 02:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=8151</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A recent survey suggests that private equity investors may now want to see all the cards in their managers' hands - before those managers start to make bets.]]></description>
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		<title>The Risk of Beta – Investor Learning and Prospect Theory</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/12/10/the-risk-of-beta-%e2%80%93-investor-learning-and-prospect-theory/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/12/10/the-risk-of-beta-%e2%80%93-investor-learning-and-prospect-theory/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:40:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AAA Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=9733</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Dirk G. Baur, University of Technology, Sydney
Published: December 10, 2009
Abstract: Investors show different behaviour in falling markets and in rising markets. This paper demonstrates that the beta of individual stocks varies in different market conditions and that the variation depends on the frequency of the returns. While there is a symmetric increase for extreme [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Exiting a Private Equity Investment on the Chinese ‘A Share’ Market: The Impact of the IPO Lock-Up on Exit Valuations</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/12/06/exiting-a-private-equity-investment-on-the-chinese-%e2%80%98a-share%e2%80%99-market-the-impact-of-the-ipo-lock-up-on-exit-valuations/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/12/06/exiting-a-private-equity-investment-on-the-chinese-%e2%80%98a-share%e2%80%99-market-the-impact-of-the-ipo-lock-up-on-exit-valuations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Dec 2009 18:07:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AAA Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Timely Research]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=9709</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Svetoslav Varadzhakov, University of Oxford
Published: December 6, 2010
Abstract: This paper evaluates the impact of the 12-month IPO lock-up on the valuation of private equity exits on the Chinese “A Share” market. By analyzing the 1-day, 3-month and 12-month post-IPO market adjusted performance of 378 IPOs on the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges for the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Venture Capital and Private Equity Contracting</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/12/01/venture-capital-and-private-equity-contracting/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/12/01/venture-capital-and-private-equity-contracting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 14:28:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AAA Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=10891</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Douglas J. Cumming
Published: December 2009
Abstract: Other books present corporate finance approaches to the VC/PE industry, but many key decisions require an understanding of the ways that law and economics work together. This book is better than straight corporate finance textbooks because it offers broad perspectives and principles that enable readers to deduce the economic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Globalization of Alternative Investments</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/12/01/globalization-of-alternative-investments/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/12/01/globalization-of-alternative-investments/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 13:52:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AAA Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=10419</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: World Economic Forum
Published: December, 2009
Abstract: The World Economic Forum is proud to release this third volume of Working Papers from our Globalization of Alternative Investments project. Building on the prior two volumes, we hope that these Working Papers will provide further insight into the global economic impact of alternative asset classes such as private [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More evidence that distressed debt funds are a phoenix, not a vulture</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/11/03/more-evidence-that-distressed-debt-funds-are-a-phoenix-not-a-vulture/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/11/03/more-evidence-that-distressed-debt-funds-are-a-phoenix-not-a-vulture/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:09:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new study suggests that distressed debt investors play a critical role in the rebirth of ailing companies.
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