Since the Economic Recession of 2008, it has been more difficult for private equity firms to secure capital commitments from institutional investors and other wealthy individuals for prospective funds. One of the ways firms spark their fundraising efforts is allowing co-investment rights, normally to large institutional investors, which typically allow the institutional investors to directly…
Author: Nicholas Carreri
Executive Compensation of Private Equity’s Elite
Executive compensation has long been a divisive issue, but in the wake of the economic recession and with the ever-increasing economic disparity that exists in the United States, it is an issue that does not seem to be going away. In 2012, with total compensation averaging $12.3 million, chief executives at the largest firms made…
What is Real Estate Private Equity?
Since the 2008 Economic Recession, many of the maxims that investors have lived by have been challenged and proven wrong. One of these, albeit hasty and uninformed, maxims—that real estate is a safe investment that will continuously appreciate in value over time—has been convincingly disproven to anyone who has paid attention to the volatility of…
Title II of JOBS Act Goes Into Effect, Creating Exciting New Opportunities for Start-ups
On Monday, September 23, 2013, Title II of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (JOBS Act) went into effect allowing start-up companies to seek equity investments publicly without having to register ownership shares for public trading. Title II is a significant aspect of the JOBS Act, a post-recession initiative to stimulate the American economy, in…