Are Financial Modeling Courses Necessary Financial modeling is a cornerstone skillset for private equity associates. Courses are not strictly ...
Latest Articles
Are Financial Modeling Courses Necessary Financial modeling is a cornerstone skillset for private equity associates. Courses are not strictly necessary but ...
Most private equity firms look to invest in only 7 to 10 portfolio companies over the 10-year life of each fund; ...
Getting Founders To Sell For Less We investors often talk about the value gap. The Value Gap is the difference between ...
Let’s start with a few standard private equity return terms: Committed capital: this is money “committed” to the fund, but not ...
I want to give a brief explanation of (and make a few comments on) the earnings multiple valuation method. As discussed ...
I recently posted a primer on FCF (Free Cash Flow). In that post I discussed why FCF was a superior measure ...
We know accountants can be a little delusional at times, but more than that, we know that accounting profits are delusory ...
Capital Expenditure (Capex), which simply means expenditure on assets with long lives, is a big deal for private equity. Firstly, because ...
This post follows on from these previous posts: What’s The Deal With Capex Anyway? Free Cash… Flow, A Primer The Free ...
Unlike most areas of finance, private equity goes some way to acknowledging a business has many different values. It has a ...
We’ve all heard the aphorism, “a private equity investment is like a marriage.” And, it’s even more true once you realize ...
According to Wikiperida, the principal-agent problem is as follows: the principal-agent problem … addresses the difficulties that arise under conditions of ...

Don't Miss Out
If you like the content, please consider signing up for updates and email-exclusive content that does not make it onto the blog.
Your email is never shared. Unsubscribe at any time.