Bakgrund: I slutet av åttiotalet blev leveraged buyouts, högt belånade företagsuppköp, ett frekvent förekommande företeelse i Amerikanskt näringsliv. Det gigantiska uppköpet av RJR Nabisco är fortfarande omtalat bland världens investerare. Det senaste årtiondet har mängden kapital i private equity fonderna ökat till att idag motsvara ett kapital på runt 7% av Stockholmsbörsens värde. Samtidigt som dessa fonder kontrollerar en stor mängd kapital är det relativt okänt hur de sköter och tillför värde till sina portföljbolag. Syfte: Syftet med denna uppsats är att analysera hur private equity bolag tillför värde till sina svenska portföljbolag. Metod: Denna uppsats har utgått från en kvalitativ studie för en mer genomgående och djup analys av private equity marknaden. Författarna har valt att genomföra intervjuer med personer i ledande positioner hos portfölj bolagen. Totalt deltog sex stycken företag i studien. Eftersom vissa delar av informationen som insamlats kan anses vara av känslig karaktär så är alla företag anonyma. Slutsatser: Författarna kunde urskilja tre områden där private equity bolagen skapade värde i sina portföljbolag, genom förbättrade marginaler, ökad försäljning och minskade skulder. Private equity bolagen använde olika metoder för att skapa värde inom dessa områden, ett sätt är att ge ledningen i portföljbolagen ökade incitament, ett annat är att skapa strikta återbetalningsplaner för portföljbolagen vilket tvingar dem att effektivisera verksamheten. Private equity bolagen fungerar även som bollplank och assisterar vid förvärv. / Background: Through the late eighties leveraged buyouts were frequent in America and the giant buyout of RJR Nabisco became world renowned among investors. In the last decade the capital committed to private equity and leveraged buyouts have risen and in Sweden an amount equal to 7% of the market capitalization on the Stockholm stock exchange is placed in private equity funds. Although Private Equity firms control large amounts of capital it is relatively unclear how the private equity firms manage and add value to their portfolio companies. Purpose: The purpose of this thesis is to analyze how private equity firms contribute to their portfolio companies in Sweden. Methodology: This thesis has taken a qualitative approach for more in depth analysis of the private equity market. The authors have chosen to interview man-agers at portfolio companies acquired by private equity firms to gather data. Six portfolio companies participated in this study and the interviews were performed in a semi structured manner. As some of the information gathered could be of sensitive nature all respondents are anonymous. Conclusion: The authors identified three areas in which the private equity firms added value; improving the margins, increasing the turnover and reducing the debt. The private equity firms used different techniques to accomplish the value improvements, both by giving the executives at the portfolio companies incentives and by forcing them to increase the efficiency in the organisation in order to be able to repay debts. The private equity firms also supports their portfolio companies by giving assistance and support in i.e. acquisitions.

<p>Bakgrund: I slutet av åttiotalet blev leveraged buyouts, högt belånade företagsuppköp, ett frekvent förekommande företeelse i Amerikanskt näringsliv. Det gigantiska uppköpet av RJR Nabisco är fortfarande omtalat bland världens investerare. Det senaste årtiondet har mängden kapital i private equity fonderna ökat till att idag motsvara ett kapital på runt 7% av Stockholmsbörsens värde. Samtidigt som dessa fonder kontrollerar en stor mängd kapital är det relativt okänt hur de sköter och tillför värde till sina portföljbolag.</p><p>Syfte: Syftet med denna uppsats är att analysera hur private equity bolag tillför värde till sina svenska portföljbolag.</p><p>Metod: Denna uppsats har utgått från en kvalitativ studie för en mer genomgående och djup analys av private equity marknaden. Författarna har valt att genomföra intervjuer med personer i ledande positioner hos portfölj bolagen. Totalt deltog sex stycken företag i studien. Eftersom vissa delar av informationen som insamlats kan anses vara av känslig karaktär så är alla företag anonyma.</p><p>Slutsatser: Författarna kunde urskilja tre områden där private equity bolagen skapade värde i sina portföljbolag, genom förbättrade marginaler, ökad försäljning och minskade skulder. Private equity bolagen använde olika metoder för att skapa värde inom dessa områden, ett sätt är att ge ledningen i portföljbolagen ökade incitament, ett annat är att skapa strikta återbetalningsplaner för portföljbolagen vilket tvingar dem att effektivisera verksamheten. Private equity bolagen fungerar även som bollplank och assisterar vid förvärv.</p> / <p>Background: Through the late eighties leveraged buyouts were frequent in America and the giant buyout of RJR Nabisco became world renowned among investors. In the last decade the capital committed to private equity and leveraged buyouts have risen and in Sweden an amount equal to 7% of the market capitalization on the Stockholm stock exchange is placed in private equity funds. Although Private Equity firms control large amounts of capital it is relatively unclear how the private equity firms manage and add value to their portfolio companies.</p><p>Purpose: The purpose of this thesis is to analyze how private equity firms contribute to their portfolio companies in Sweden.</p><p>Methodology: This thesis has taken a qualitative approach for more in depth analysis of the private equity market. The authors have chosen to interview man-agers at portfolio companies acquired by private equity firms to gather data. Six portfolio companies participated in this study and the interviews were performed in a semi structured manner. As some of the information gathered could be of sensitive nature all respondents are anonymous.</p><p>Conclusion: The authors identified three areas in which the private equity firms added value; improving the margins, increasing the turnover and reducing the debt. The private equity firms used different techniques to accomplish the value improvements, both by giving the executives at the portfolio companies incentives and by forcing them to increase the efficiency in the organisation in order to be able to repay debts. The private equity firms also supports their portfolio companies by giving assistance and support in i.e. acquisitions.</p>

Europos Sąjungoje bei daugelyje kitų valstybių, rizikos ir privataus kapitalo fondai (toliau RPKF) yra svarbus įrankis skatinant inovacijų diegimą įmonėse, darbo vietų kūrimą, pelningumo ir kitų įmonių finansinių rodiklių gerėjimą, kitaip sakant – ekonomikos augimą. Todėl tokio tipo investicijų augimas ypač pasižymi besivystančiose Rytų ir Vidurio Europos šalyse, tuo tarpu Lietuvoje RPKF paplitimas, jų sukuriama pridėtinė vertė ekonomikoje bei veiklos vystymosi galimybės yra labai mažos lyginant su kitomis šalimis, kurios pagal ekonominius rodiklius yra panašaus išsivystymo lygio. Šio darbo tikslas yra išanalizuoti bei įvertinti pagrindinius RPKF kūrimąsi ir veiklą lemiančius aplinkos veiksnius Lietuvoje bei pateikti rekomendacijas ir nuomonę, kokie žingsniai turėtų būti atlikti, siekiant vystyti rizikos ir privataus kapitalo sektorių Lietuvoje. Darbe yra nagrinėjami teoriniai rizikos ir privataus kapitalo fondų finansavimo aspektai, pagrindiniai veiklos principai bei struktūra, nustatomi investicijų vertės k��rimo būdai bei pateikiamos pagrindinės teorinės prielaidos tokiems fondams atsirasti. Apžvelgiami rizikos ir privataus kapitalo įtakos ekonomikos augimui empiriniai tyrimai, pats sektorius bei situacija Europoje ir Lietuvoje. Plačiau tiriami aplinkos veiksniai, įtakojantys rizikos ir privataus kapitalo fondų veiklą Lietuvoje, bei pateikiamas jų įvertinimas. Atsakoma į klausimą, ar nagrinėjami veiksniai yra priešiški ar palankūs RPKF kurtis, investuoti ir vystytis... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / Private equity and venture capital funds (later on PEVCF) are one of the most important tools in innovation stimulation, employment enhancement and profitability creation process. Though this type of investment process is especially growing with importance in developing Central and Eastern European countries, in Lithuania it is rather insignificant despite vast Governmental programs to stimulate innovations in small and medium size corporate sector. The main goal of this paper is to analyze and evaluate main factors that determine establishment and development of PEVCF in Lithuania; to offer suggestions and opinion about what kind of further steps should be done in order to develop private equity and venture capital sector in Lithuania. The paper analyses theoretical aspects of PEVCF financing, main activity principles and structure; main value creation approaches and theoretical assumptions to create such PEVCF are determined; empirical results how PEVCF influence on economy’s performance, PEVCF sector and current situation in Euro region. The paper provides with more detailed analysis of PEVCF activity factors in Lithuania and evaluates their importance, answers the question, if these factors are positively or negatively correlated with PEVCF establishment and development in Lithuania. The paper concludes that main external assumptions of private equity and venture capital funds performance in Lithuania are positively correlated. Main recommendations how to improve... [to full text]

Universiẗat, Diss.--St. Gallen, 2007. / Zsfassung in engl. Sprache.

Les opérations de leveraged Buy-Out (LBO) suscitent de nombreux questionnements quant à leur rôle dans le financement des entreprises. Les risques endogènes et le développement récent de cette forme d’acquisition révèlent que les LBO constituent non seulement un enjeu théorique et empirique mais également sociétal. L’objectif de cette thèse, qui s’empare de ces trois enjeux, est une analyse de la nature des LBO, des déterminants institutionnels de son développement et de ses effets pour les entreprises et leurs acteurs. La genèse des LBO participe d’un processus de transformation du capitalisme et d’un renouveau théorique sur la nature de la firme et des intérêts qu’elle est supposée servir. Elle nous conduit à définir les LBO, qui véhiculent une conception actionnariale de la nature de la firme, comme une manifestation du processus de financiarisation. Cette hypothèse est alors appréhendée à deux niveaux distincts. L’analyse macroéconomique se focalise sur le développement des LBO en Europe, elle met en évidence que l’essor des LBO permet de caractériser les transformations hétérogènes des modèles de capitalisme. L’analyse microéconomique se centre sur les effets de cette forme d’acquisition sur la performance, l’emploi et la défaillance des entreprises européennes. Il en ressort que les conséquences des opérations des LBO sont contrastées, de sorte qu’il n’est possible ni d’inférer des conclusions de portée générale quant aux effets positifs de cette forme d’acquisition ni de considérer que le développement de la pratique des LBO est souhaitable. / Leveraged Buy-Out (LBO) operations provoke a number of inquiries for their role in the finance of firms. The recent development of this form of acquisition and endogenous risks associated with it reveal that LBOs constitute not only a theoretical and an empirical but also a social issue. Based on these three issues, the aim of this study is to analyze the nature of LBO, institutional determinants of its development and its effects on firms and their actors. The origin of LBO pertains to the transformation of capitalism and a revival of the theory on the nature of firm and its beneficiaries. Such a reference leads to define LBO as an expression of financialization which conveys to a shareholding conception of the nature of the firm. This hypothesis can then be grasped at two different levels. The macroeconomic analysis focused on the development of LBO in Europe provides evidence that the rise of LBO allows to define the transformations of the heterogeneous models of capitalism. On the other hand, the microeconomic analysis centered on the effects of this form of acquisition on the performance, employment and failure of European firms shows the contrasting features of the consequences of LBO operations that neither to draw general conclusions for positive effects of this form of acquisition nor to consider the development of the LBO is desirable.

O objetivo deste trabalho é apresentar as práticas adotadas no Brasil relativas à avaliação contábil da carteira de investimentos de fundos de investimento de venture capital e private equity e verificar o seu alinhamento às práticas contábeis internacionais, considerando o contexto da harmonização contábil mundial. Possibilitando um melhor entendimento do assunto, apresenta-se a definição de capital de risco, o contexto evolutivo da indústria de venture capital e private equity, os agentes e os tipos e estágios de investimento, o ambiente regulatório no país e as principais práticas contábeis adotadas no Brasil e em âmbito internacional. Para atingir o objetivo do trabalho a pesquisa trouxe uma abordagem qualitativa de cunho descritiva, embasada na pesquisa bibliográfica e, também, uma pesquisa em informações disponíveis nas demonstrações financeiras arquivadas na Comissão de Valores Mobiliários (CVM). O resultado da análise revela que as práticas contábeis adotadas no Brasil, especificamente relativas à avaliação da carteira de investimentos de fundos de investimento de capital de risco, ainda não estão harmonizadas às práticas contábeis internacionais. / The aim of this paper is to present the practices adopted in Brazil for the accounting valuation of the investment portfolio of investment funds (venture capital and private equity) and check their alignment with international accounting practices, considering the context of global accounting harmonization. Enabling a better understanding of the subject, presents the definition of venture capital, the changing context of industry, venture capital and private equity players and the types and stages of investment, the regulatory environment in the country and the major accounting practices in Brazil and internationally. To achieve the goal of the research work has brought a qualitative approach of descriptive, based on literature research and also research on information available in financial statements filed with the Comissão de Valores Mobiliários (CVM). The test result shows that the accounting practices adopted in Brazil, specifically concerning the assessment of the investment portfolio of investment funds in venture capital and private equity, are still not harmonized with international accounting practices.

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Submitted by Julien Midoux (julien.midoux@sciencespo.fr) on 2017-12-22T07:51:46Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Julien MIDOUX_Master Thesis.pdf: 1907108 bytes, checksum: 8ea9374a4ae0967cec2ae29f516b08e8 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Josineide da Silva Santos Locatelli (josineide.locatelli@fgv.br) on 2017-12-22T10:07:12Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 Julien MIDOUX_Master Thesis.pdf: 1907108 bytes, checksum: 8ea9374a4ae0967cec2ae29f516b08e8 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-12-22T12:10:46Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Julien MIDOUX_Master Thesis.pdf: 1907108 bytes, checksum: 8ea9374a4ae0967cec2ae29f516b08e8 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-11-21 / This research aims to study private equity impact investments based on a comparative analysis of different private equity funds practices. In particular, it examines how the requirements of impact investing are encompassed in private equity investment processes. First, a literature review was conducted to better define impact investing and assess the complementarity of private equity with impact investing. Secondly, a qualitative study was pursued based on a panel of interviews. Interviewees are investment professionals working for private equity firms with interests in impact investing. The analysis of the interviews indicates a certain commonality of the investment methods between the funds paneled whether they are pure player private equity impact investors or traditional private equity firms investing for impact. Beyond the proximity between investment strategies, the research also shows a strong focus on in-house impact targeting and measurement, with little resort to external tools. Such flexibility negatively affects the readability of impact performance from a market perspective. The research concludes impact investing still has to go through a standardization process to gain global recognition as a private equity segment. / Esta pesquisa tem como objetivo de estudar os investimentos de impacto de private equity com a base de uma análise comparativa de diferentes práticas de fundos de private equity. Em particular, examina como os requisitos de investimento de impacto estão abrangidos nos processos de investimento em private equity. Em primeiro lugar, uma revisão da literatura foi feita para melhor definir o investimento de impacto e avaliar a complementaridade do private equity com os investimentos de impacto. Em segundo lugar, um estudo qualitativo foi realizado com base de um painel de entrevistas. Os entrevistados são profissionais de investimento que trabalham para empresas de private equity com interesses em investimentos de impacto. A análise das entrevistas indica uma certa semelhança dos métodos de investimento entre os fundos estudados que eles sejam unicamente investidos em impacto o que sejam fundos de private equity que fazem investimentos de impacto além de investimentos tradicionais. Além da proximidade entre as estratégias de investimento, a pesquisa também mostra um forte foco em processos de segmentação e de medida do impacto internos, com pouco recurso para ferramentas externas. Essa flexibilidade afeta negativamente a legibilidade da realização do impacto por parte do mercado. A pesquisa conclui que os investimentos em impacto ainda precisam passar por um processo de padronização para obter reconhecimento global como um segmento de private equity.

Made available in DSpace on 2010-04-20T21:00:50Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 4 Daniel Luz.pdf.jpg: 12594 bytes, checksum: db5e73a5d0fe951aec4a3dd1795d5203 (MD5) Daniel Luz.pdf.txt: 101493 bytes, checksum: f2fc4129fcbef24b2acc7aa62ffc1c26 (MD5) Daniel Luz.pdf: 529703 bytes, checksum: ea77afc57b297bcfd3cbc831de72c708 (MD5) license.txt: 4886 bytes, checksum: 973edfaae508cb631162e9eda5f78afc (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009-02-09T00:00:00Z / This paper proposes a model for structuring and evaluation of real options in the context of leveraged buyout (LBO), through the application in a case study. The real options were applied in modeling and evaluation of a project for acquisition of business by a Private Equity, given economic uncertainties, marketing and competitive, possible flexibility during the implementation of a project and the need to pay the debt generated from the leveraged buyout. For this, the main design options found in a typical private equity were modeled, such as an option for staged investments, disinvestment and abandonment, in addition to the restrictions imposed by flows of payments remaining debt. It was found that in general, options that increase cash flow in the short term (contraction options) tend to have its relative value amplified in this context, as opposed to options for expansion, which has its value reduced. Furthermore, some lines of financing may be blocked while the company did not reach an adequate debt / equity ratio, this means that some options that require new investments may be unavailable until the company can take the debt back on the market. / O objetivo deste trabalho é propor um modelo de estruturação e avaliação de opções reais em um contexto de compra alavancada (LBO), através da aplicação em um estudo de caso. As opções reais foram aplicadas na modelagem e avaliação de um projeto de aquisição de empresa por parte de um private equity, considerando incertezas econômicas, mercadológicas e competitivas, flexibilidades possíveis durante a execução do projeto e a necessidade de pagamento do endividamento gerado com a compra alavancada. Para isto, foram modeladas as principais opções encontradas em um projeto típico de private equity, como opção de investimentos estagiados, desinvestimento e abandono, além das restrições impostas pelos fluxos de pagamentos do endividamento remanescente. Verificou-se que, de forma geral, as opções que aumentam o fluxo de caixa no curto prazo (opções de contração) tendem a ter seu valor relativo ampliado neste contexto, em detrimento às opções de expansão, que tem seu valor relativo reduzido. Além disso, algumas linhas de financiamento podem ser bloqueadas enquanto a empresa não chegar a uma relação debt / equity adequada, isto significa que algumas opções que necessitem de novos investimentos podem ficar indisponíveis até que a empresa possa tomar dívida novamente no mercado.

O objetivo deste trabalho é apresentar as práticas adotadas no Brasil relativas à avaliação contábil da carteira de investimentos de fundos de investimento de venture capital e private equity e verificar o seu alinhamento às práticas contábeis internacionais, considerando o contexto da harmonização contábil mundial. Possibilitando um melhor entendimento do assunto, apresenta-se a definição de capital de risco, o contexto evolutivo da indústria de venture capital e private equity, os agentes e os tipos e estágios de investimento, o ambiente regulatório no país e as principais práticas contábeis adotadas no Brasil e em âmbito internacional. Para atingir o objetivo do trabalho a pesquisa trouxe uma abordagem qualitativa de cunho descritiva, embasada na pesquisa bibliográfica e, também, uma pesquisa em informações disponíveis nas demonstrações financeiras arquivadas na Comissão de Valores Mobiliários (CVM). O resultado da análise revela que as práticas contábeis adotadas no Brasil, especificamente relativas à avaliação da carteira de investimentos de fundos de investimento de capital de risco, ainda não estão harmonizadas às práticas contábeis internacionais. / The aim of this paper is to present the practices adopted in Brazil for the accounting valuation of the investment portfolio of investment funds (venture capital and private equity) and check their alignment with international accounting practices, considering the context of global accounting harmonization. Enabling a better understanding of the subject, presents the definition of venture capital, the changing context of industry, venture capital and private equity players and the types and stages of investment, the regulatory environment in the country and the major accounting practices in Brazil and internationally. To achieve the goal of the research work has brought a qualitative approach of descriptive, based on literature research and also research on information available in financial statements filed with the Comissão de Valores Mobiliários (CVM). The test result shows that the accounting practices adopted in Brazil, specifically concerning the assessment of the investment portfolio of investment funds in venture capital and private equity, are still not harmonized with international accounting practices.