Private Equity in Practice : Case Studies from the World of Venture, Growth and Buyouts

Private Equity in Action: Case Studies from Developed and Emerging Markets -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Section Overview -- INSEAD Context -- SECTION I GP-LP Relationships -- CASE 1 BERONI GROUP: MANAGING GP-LP RELATIONSHIPS -- SYNOPSIS -- PEDAGOGICAL OBJECTIVE OF THE CASE -- SUGGESTED ASSIGNMENT QUESTIONS -- ADDITIONAL RESOURCES -- Beroni Group: Managing GP-LP Relationships -- Introduction -- Group History -- Key Issues -- CASE 2 GOING DIRECT: THE CASE OF TEACHERS' PRIVATE CAPITAL -- SYNOPSIS -- PEDAGOGICAL OBJECTIVE OF THE CASE -- SUGGESTED ASSIGNMENT QUESTIONS -- ADDITIONAL RESOURCES -- Going Direct: The Case of Teachers' Private Capital -- Introduction -- Background -- Investment Objectives and Asset Policy Mix -- Phase 1: The Origins of Teachers' Private Capital -- Jim Leech: Tasked with Taking Teachers' Global -- Phase 2: Growing Ambition -- Phase 3: The Peak - Leading the World's Largest LBO -- Challenges Emerge to the Largest LBO in History -- Phase 4: Post-GFC Era -- Evaluating the Success of Teachers' Approach: Issues for Teachers', Pension Funds and Other LPs -- The Way Ahead -- CASE 3 PRO-INVEST GROUP: HOW TO LAUNCH A PRIVATE EQUITY REAL ESTATE FUND -- SYNOPSIS -- PEDAGOGICAL OBJECTIVE OF THE CASE -- SUGGESTED ASSIGNMENT QUESTIONS -- ADDITIONAL RESOURCES -- Pro-invest: How to Launch a Private Equity Real Estate Fund -- April 2015 -- Background Pro-invest Group -- Finding an Opportunity, 2012: Holiday Inn Express - Going 'down under'? -- First Steps - Building a Team -- Which Structure? -- Anchor Investor - First Commitment -- The Search for Funding Options - Looking for the Right 'Fit' -- The UHNWI -- The IPO -- The Mezzanine -- Project Pony -- The Managed Account -- The Private Bank -- Reverse IPO -- Adriana Star Capital Appears . . . and Folds -- Back to the Drawing Board -- Onwards and Upwards -- Challenges