what is private equity?

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what is private equity?..

Answer / raghu

Private Equity is the Equity invested in its Business by a
Privatae Concern. Private Equity is the Capital inflow of
the Concern. Private Equity helps a business to commence it
s activities and start the business to achieve its
objectives.

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what is private equity?..

Answer / prasad_

In finance, private equity is an asset class consisting of
equity securities in operating companies that are not
publicly traded on a stock exchange. Investments in private
equity most often involve either an investment of capital
into an operating company or the acquisition of an
operating company. Capital for private equity is raised
primarily from institutional investors.

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what is private equity?..

Answer / annie

Equity capital that is not quoted on a public exchange.
Private equity consists of investors and funds that make
investments directly into private companies or conduct
buyouts of public companies that result in a delisting of
public equity. Capital for private equity is raised from
retail and institutional investors, and can be used to fund
new technologies, expand working capital within an owned
company, make acquisitions, or to strengthen a balance
sheet.

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what is private equity?..

Answer / shreeram

Private equity is money invested in companies that are not
publicly traded on a stock exchange or invested as part of
buyouts of publicly traded companies in order to make them
private companies.

Among the most common investment strategies in private
equity include leveraged buyouts (LBO), venture capital,
growth capital, distressed investments and mezzanine
capital. Many times investments are short in nature.

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Answer / ammu

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Private equity, in finance, is an asset class consisting of
equity securities in operating companies that are not
publicly traded on a stock exchange. Investments in private
equity most often involve either an investment of capital
into an operating company or the acquisition of an
operating company. Capital for private equity is raised
primarily from institutional investors. There is a wide
array of types and styles of private equity and the term
private equity has different connotations in different
countries.[1]

Among the most common investment strategies in private
equity include leveraged buyouts, venture capital, growth
capital, distressed investments and mezzanine capital. In a
typical leveraged buyout transaction, the private equity
firm buys majority control of an existing or mature firm.
This is distinct from a venture capital or growth capital
investment, in which the private equity firm typically
invests in young or emerging companies, and rarely obtain
majority control

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