Private Equity: Financing, Investing, and Value Creation

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Private Equity: Financing, Investing, and Value Creation Course
Introduction:
Private equity provides numerous benefits to companies and startups. It is highly preferred by companies because it offers an alternative source of liquidity, as opposed to traditional financial mechanisms like bank loans with high interest rates or going public on the stock market. Specific forms of private equity, such as venture capital, also provide funding for innovative ideas and early-stage companies.
The Private Equity Training course focuses on the role of private equity as both a financing tool and an investment opportunity. It delves into the crucial issues that various parties involved in a transaction—such as investors, lending banks, managers, entrepreneurs/shareholders, and advisors—encounter throughout the investment process and negotiations.
Over the duration of the 10-day program, participants will delve into the different types and economics of private equity. They will explore topics such as raising equity and debt, growth capital, leveraged buyouts, and distress. Additionally, attendees will gain insights into establishing private equity firms and funds, as well as uncovering the career prospects available within the industry.
Course Objectives:
By the end of the Private Equity: Financing, Investing, and Value Creation training Course, participants will be able to:
- Illustrate the investment process and the importance of due diligence
- Describe the origins and organization of the private equity industry
- Recognize the various segments of private equity and how they create value
- Identify the latest developments in the private equity industry
- Evaluate private equity investment opportunities
- Determine private equity negotiations and deal structuring
- Illustrate the managing and monitoring of an investment
- Perform valuation of LBOs and calculations for performance distribution
- Appreciate the roles and careers in the private equity industry
Who Should Attend?
Private Equity: Financing, Investing, and Value Creation Training course, is ideal for:
- Analysts/Managers seeking to understand how private equity negotiations and deal structuring work, as well as those looking to switch to private equity from investment banking
- Advisers/Consultants aiming to create value for companies, excel at deal management, build long-term relationships and better understand how to evaluate PE investment opportunities
- CXOs looking to build a roadmap for initiatives that will generate the most value for the company, and recognize the drivers of value creation in private equity
Course Outlines:
Types and Economics of Private Equity
- Identify different private equity financing opportunities.
- Determine the drivers of value creation in growth capital, development capital, leveraged buyouts, and distressed situations.
- Describe other segments of financing and investment related to private equity.
- Analyze the factors to take a private company public.
Introduction to the Private Equity Industry
- Examine the history of private equity.
- Explain the definition variations of private equity.
- Analyze the types of companies and their motivation for investing in private equity.
- Describe the various stages of private equity investing.
Opportunity and Risks for Investors
- Examine performance measurement of private equity funds.
- Determine what makes different private equity asset classes attractive to investors.
- Analyze the performance and sustainability of private equity funds.
- Determine the impact of diversification on the asset.
Private Equity Financing and Investment Process
- Determine the different stages for setting up and managing a fund.
- Describe the investment process, including business plan development and fundraising.
- Examine the potential issues and focus of conducting due diligence.
LBO Analysis and Valuation
- Examine the principles of financial modeling.
- Demonstrate the steps of LBO analysis.
- Utilize the available valuation techniques.
- Discuss the process of negotiations.
After the Deal
- Demonstrate valuing an LBO.
- Examine managing an exit or alternative exit.
Private Equity Through the Credit Crisis and Industry Evolution
- Examine the impact of the credit crisis on the private equity industry.
- Analyze how private equity investors manage investments.
- Determine the ethical considerations in private equity investing.
Future of Private Equity
- Examine the impact of recent trends on fundraising, investments, and performance.
- Identify the structural differences between investments.
- Determine, monitor and manage the developments in investing.
Private Equity in Developing Markets
- Describe the developments of private equity in emerging markets.
- Discuss the roles in private equity industry.
Fund Organization and Career Opportunities
- Perform calculations for performance distribution.
- Explain the differences between private equity firms and private equity funds.
- Identify the careers in the private equity industry.