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Growth Equity: The Child Prodigy of Private Equity and Venture Capital, or an Artifact of Easy Money?

Brian DeChesare

Over the past few decades, growth equity (GE) has gone from an afterthought to a major asset class for huge investment firms. Some argue that GE offers the best of both worlds: the opportunity to fund innovation and growth – as in venture capital – plus the ability to limit downside risk and invest in proven companies – as in private equity.

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Data Update 4 for 2024: Danger and Opportunity - Bringing Risk into the Equation!

Musings on Markets

In my last data updates for this year, I looked first at how equity markets rebounded in 2023 , driven by a stronger-than-expected economy and inflation coming down, and then at how interest rates mirrored this rebound.

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Partner Buyout

The Mentor Group

Factors such as market growth, competitive landscape, product innovation, and expansion opportunities can all affect the company’s value. Risk Factors: Evaluating the risks associated with the business, including market risks, operational risks, legal risks, and financial risks, is essential in determining its value.

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Terminal Growth Rate – A Simple Explanation with Formula

Valutico

Cost of Equity and Capital: The Terminal Growth Rate is used to calculate the cost of equity in the Dividend Discount Model (DDM) and the cost of capital in the Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC) formula. Market Maturity: Mature industries, like utilities or traditional consumer goods, tend to have lower Terminal Growth Rates.

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Decentralized Finance, Crypto Funds, and Value Creation in Tokenized Firms

Reynolds Holding

Decentralized Finance (DeFi) employs blockchain technology and smart contracts with the goal of enabling perfectly disintermediated financial markets. This post comes to us from Paul P.

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The Front Office, Middle Office, and Back Office: How Banks Organize Their Dungeons

Brian DeChesare

First, note that these terms apply only to investment banks and related finance firms (private equity firms, hedge funds, etc.). Saying that you work in “the front office” of a technology company or a marketing firm makes little sense – or, at least, it means something different from the definitions in this article.

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Arnold & Porter Discusses Today’s SEC Examination Priorities, Tomorrow’s SEC Enforcement Actions

Reynolds Holding

These priorities reflect SEC Chair Gary Gensler’s stated view that the examinations program is crucial to the SEC’s work to protect investors and instill trust in markets. critical to the operation of financial markets and the confidence of its participants.”