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Private equity and buyouts

Find out more about private equity, management buy-outs and leveraged buy-outs through our selection of articles, books and other resources.

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Online articles

The Library provides access to leading business, finance and management journals. These journals are available to logged-in ICAEW members, ACA students and other entitled users subject to suppliers' terms of use. 

Emerging tax issues for private equity exits in China

Lisa Li and Emma Li of KPMG China review the key developments in China's private equity market in recent years and analyse the potential exit routes for both domestic and international funds.

Greece gains investment activity from foreign private equity funds

Michael Stefanakis of Deloitte Greece explains how investors can avoid certain pitfalls when considering tax structures for foreign private equity funds

25 % questioning private equity's numbers

Article reports on research that shows that the big returns of the private equity industry may not be as great as they appear.

Private equity's new billionaire machine

The article reports on the use of private equity buyouts to create wealth. It mentions the use of carried interest to pay lower taxes on profits, the transformation of management fees into capital gains which are taxed at a lower rate, and the increasing number of billionaires becoming rich through these techniques.

Buyouts push companies to the limit. Or over it.

The article reports on the issue of private equity in the retail industry. It mentions how leveraged buyouts add to a company's debt, the number of companies that wind up filing for bankruptcy, and how changes in retail trade have made the buyouts of such companies less desirable.

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Useful links

Organisations

British Venture Capital Association
Industry body and public policy advocate for the private equity and venture capital industry in the UK. The BVCA website includes case studies, technical updates and industry statistics. Access is to the member directory is available by subscription.

Publications and reports

BVCA Guide to private equity
A guide to private equity concepts from the BVCA, including a section on MBOs that looks at value creation in a management buyout, buy-out structure and debt finance in a management buyout transaction.

BVCA Research
The BVCA publishes industry research such as the annual reports on the Performance of portfolio companies and the industry Performance Measurement Survey as well as one-off reports such as Women in Limited Partners 2019 

International Private Equity and Venture Capital Valuation Guidelines
Developed by AFIC, BVCA and EVCA for use by the private equity and venture capital industry in valuing private equity investments. The guidelines also provide a framework for fund managers and investors to monitor the value of existing investments.

Have yesterday’s challenges provided a foundation for tomorrow’s success?
The 2017 Global private equity fund and investor survey from EY, in collaboration with Private Equity International.

Private Equity publications
Private equity publications from PWC, including the annual (European) Private Equity Trends report 2019

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