Private Equity Isn't About Greed; It's About Growth. Private Equity Has a Vital Role to Play in Revitalising the European Economy. Today’s world is very different from the pre-2007 world of consensus, market economy based politics.
Investors are adjusting to a new reality. They are recognising that, despite stagnant economic conditions, the best GPs are still driving real returns. They are becoming less distracted by the chaotic politics in countries across Europe. Www.essex.ac.uk/ebs/research/cega/Private_Equity_paper_Essex_presentation.pdf. Private equity. A private equity investment will generally be made by a private equity firm, a venture capital firm or an angel investor.
Each of these categories of investor has its own set of goals, preferences and investment strategies; however, all provide working capital to a target company to nurture expansion, new-product development, or restructuring of the company’s operations, management, or ownership.[2] Bloomberg Businessweek has called private equity a rebranding of leveraged buyout firms after the 1980s. Among the most common investment strategies in private equity are: leveraged buyouts, venture capital, growth capital, distressed investments and mezzanine capital.