Hello -
What exactly is the scope of private equity?
Can a firm be active in, say, purchasing mining assets globally and still be considered to be private equity?
If they're purchasing things like mines, railroads, etc., not just companies per se, are they still considered private equity?
If not, what kind of investment firm is that?
Thank you
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How do they exit these Investments? And when?
Real Assets Private Equity
Private=not public (ie not traded on an exchange or otherwise broadly held) Equity=not debt (ownership not lending) Other than that it's all good.
Laxmonkey depends on the investment. Natural resources can be exploited/depleted, raw land can be sold to developers, etc.
What is PE? (Originally Posted: 12/05/2010)
Hi monkeys,
I got a job in consulting and lots of people are talking about exit opps into PE. What is PE? What's the day to day work like, work/life balance, and why do so many people want to work in it?
Word.
private equity summary: they buy companies to make profits they usually make the company more efficient and use cash flows to pay off the cost
dunno bout hours but they prob suck bc its finance :/
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Here you go: http://www.careers-in-finance.com/pe.htm
PE generally encompasses lower work hours, higher pay, more travelling - that's why it's considered to be a step up from IBD.
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