PCE

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Understanding the role of carried interest in private equity, real estate, and hedge funds. Carried interest (or carry) is a way of rewarding professional investment managers with a share of an investments anticipated profits.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Almost all conversations about buy-side roles eventually turn to multi-manager hedge funds , also known as “pod shops.” There are only a few dozen large funds in this category worldwide, but they’ve greatly impacted the markets and finance careers. These funds are usually multi-strategy as well.

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Francine Way

JULY 12, 2017

As I mentioned in my last post, Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) is a valuation method that uses free cash flow projections, a discount rate, and a growth rate to find the present value estimate of a potential investment. The major steps of DCF are: Identify extraordinary, unusual, non-recurring items from the target’s 10-Ks and 10-Qs.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

JULY 19, 2023

When you hear the term “long-only hedge funds,” your first thought might be: “How can a hedge fund hold only long positions? Doesn’t that contradict the term ‘hedge fund’? Why would investors pay high fees for what is effectively a mutual fund?” These are all good questions.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

MARCH 13, 2024

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. Most companies are already profitable, the potential returns are lower, and there’s usually a large secondary component (i.e.,

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MergersCorp M&A International

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Net Income and Profit Margins: Net income provides insight into the profitability of the business. Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) Analysis: A DCF model is often used to estimate the intrinsic value of the company based on projected future cash flows. to 2%) and additional performance fees based on returns generated.

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Asset Management Management Valuation Discounted Cash Flow 52

Mergers and Inquisitions

MAY 3, 2023

It can be useful for certain companies, such as power and utility firms and midstream (pipeline) operators in oil & gas … …but it’s also much harder to set up and use than a standard DCF. In other words, you profit based on the company’s dividend s and the potential increases in its stock price over time.

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