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	<title>AllAboutAlpha.com &#187; Private Equity</title>
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	<description>Hedge funds, portable alpha, 130/30 and alpha-centric investing</description>
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		<title>Study: Private equity managers&#8217; incentives may be twice as high a previously thought</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/03/17/study-private-equity-managers-incentives-may-be-twice-as-high-a-previously-thought/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/03/17/study-private-equity-managers-incentives-may-be-twice-as-high-a-previously-thought/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=10647</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ever noticed that the marketers of alternative investments are just as excited about good returns as the portfolio managers - even though they may not share in any performance fee?]]></description>
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		<title>Private equity found not to contribute to boom &amp; bust after all</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/03/03/private-equity-found-not-to-contribute-to-boom-bust-after-all/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/03/03/private-equity-found-not-to-contribute-to-boom-bust-after-all/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 02:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guest</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=10269</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Private equity has been at the center of rancorous social and political debates over the past few years.  But a recent report on the industry suggests that PE actually does provide tangible benefits.]]></description>
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		<title>Listed Private Equity and the Case of Exits</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/02/25/listed-private-equity-and-the-case-of-exits/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/02/25/listed-private-equity-and-the-case-of-exits/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 18:29:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jblevins</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Regulation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=10297</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Götz Müller, University of Witten
Published:February 25, 2010
Abstract: The public listing of shares from private equity houses and funds has dramatically changed the corporate governance structure of these entities. These changes aggravate the information asymmetry between investors and general partners, and as a result most of these companies trade at high discounts to their net [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>A Critical Theory of Private Equity</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/02/25/a-critical-theory-of-private-equity/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/02/25/a-critical-theory-of-private-equity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 18:25:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jblevins</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=10294</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Lee Harris, University of Memphis
Published: February 25, 2010
Abstract: In the private equity world, partnership agreements have received praise from many corners for reducing the agency costs arising between the interests of fund managers and investors. This article sets out to assess contract design in private equity partnerships. The argument here is that the importance [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Incentives of Private Equity General Partners from Future Fundraising</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/02/17/incentives-of-private-equity-general-partners-from-future-fundraising/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/02/17/incentives-of-private-equity-general-partners-from-future-fundraising/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 18:18:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jblevins</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=10290</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Ji-Woong Chung, Ohio State University
Published: February 17, 2010
Abstract: Incentives from the explicit fee structure (“two and twenty”) of private equity funds understate the actual incentives facing private equity general partners because they ignore the rewards stemming from the e?ect of current performance on the ability to raise larger funds in the future. We evaluate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Incentives of Private Equity General Partners from Future Fundraising</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/02/11/incentives-of-private-equity-general-partners-from-future-fundraising-2/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/02/11/incentives-of-private-equity-general-partners-from-future-fundraising-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 13:18:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jblevins</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=10687</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Ji-Woong Chung, Ohio State University
Published: February 11, 2010
Abstract: Incentives from the explicit fee structure (“two and twenty”) of private equity funds understate the actual incentives facing private equity general partners because they ignore the rewards stemming from the effect of current performance on the ability to raise larger funds in the future. We evaluate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How a bright idea 60 years ago laid the groundwork for hedge fund ETFs</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/02/02/how-a-bright-idea-60-years-ago-laid-the-groundwork-for-hedge-fund-etfs/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/02/02/how-a-bright-idea-60-years-ago-laid-the-groundwork-for-hedge-fund-etfs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=9099</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A new study sheds light on listed private equity funds.]]></description>
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		<title>Institutional Investment in Listed Private Equity</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/01/24/institutional-investment-in-listed-private-equity/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/01/24/institutional-investment-in-listed-private-equity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2010 21:21:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jblevins</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=9249</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Douglas J. Cumming, York University
Published: January 24, 2010
Abstract: This paper examines institutional investors’ propensity to invest in a relatively unknown asset class of listed private equity. Based on data provided by LPEQ and Preqin covering 100 institutional investors in Europe in 2008, we find allocations are primarily a function of size, type, location, decision-making [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Risk-Neutral Valuation of Real Estate Derivatives</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/01/14/risk-neutral-valuation-of-real-estate-derivatives/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/01/14/risk-neutral-valuation-of-real-estate-derivatives/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 18:31:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jblevins</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Performance, Analytics & Metrics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Real Estate]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=9727</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: David Van Bragt, ORTEC Consultants
Published: January 14, 2010
Abstract: We propose a novel and intuitive risk-neutral valuation model for real estate derivatives. We first model the underlying efficient market price of real estate and then construct the observed index value with an adaptation of the price update rule by Blundell and Ward (1987). The resulting [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Leveraged CAPM</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/01/14/leveraged-capm/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/01/14/leveraged-capm/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 18:27:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jblevins</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Performance, Analytics & Metrics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=9724</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Jörg Seidel, Chair of Corporate and Ship Finance
Published: January 14, 2010
Abstract: This paper documents that the size effect (Banz, 1981) and the contrarian effect (DeBondt and Thaler, 1985) can be explained by a measurement error in beta. This measurement error results from a change in financial leverage during the beta estimation window. Based on [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>How Private is Private Equity?</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/01/11/how-private-is-private-equity/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/01/11/how-private-is-private-equity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 18:34:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jblevins</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=9730</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: James C. Spindler, USC
Published: January 11, 2010
Abstract: Private equity funds enjoy a number of advantages: they avoid the informational requirements (and liabilities) that anti-fraud laws place on other funds, limited partners are less able to liquidate their shares, and the general partner has more autonomy. The benefit of these features is that they prevent [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>A Golden Age for &#8220;pre-owned&#8221; investments?</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/01/10/a-golden-age-for-pre-owned-investments/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/01/10/a-golden-age-for-pre-owned-investments/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 01:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=8728</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As car shoppers know, you can save yourself a fortune by picking up a gently-used model.  According to some, now is a perfect time to apply this axiom to private equity.  ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Once bitten, twice shy: Caution reigns for private equity investors</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/01/06/once-bitten-twice-shy-caution-reigns-for-private-equity-investors/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/01/06/once-bitten-twice-shy-caution-reigns-for-private-equity-investors/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 00:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=8619</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Like everyone, private equity investors have been bitten over the past two years.  And like everyone, they now seem to be a little more cautious.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Global Private Equity Barometer</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/01/01/global-private-equity-barometer/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/01/01/global-private-equity-barometer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 13:54:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Rivera</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2010/01/01/global-private-equity-barometer/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Coller Capital
Published: Winter 2009-10
Introduction: Coller Capital’s Global Private Equity Barometer is a unique snapshot of worldwide trends in private equity – a twice-yearly overview of the plans and opinions of institutional investors in private equity (Limited Partners, or LPs, as they are known) based in North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific. This 11th edition of [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Are private equity managers being asked to play poker with their cards facing up?</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/12/13/are-private-equity-managers-being-asked-to-play-poker-with-cards-facing-up/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/12/13/are-private-equity-managers-being-asked-to-play-poker-with-cards-facing-up/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 02:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=8151</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A recent survey suggests that private equity investors may now want to see all the cards in their managers' hands - before those managers start to make bets.]]></description>
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		<title>The Risk of Beta – Investor Learning and Prospect Theory</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/12/10/the-risk-of-beta-%e2%80%93-investor-learning-and-prospect-theory/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/12/10/the-risk-of-beta-%e2%80%93-investor-learning-and-prospect-theory/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:40:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jblevins</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=9733</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Dirk G. Baur, University of Technology, Sydney
Published: December 10, 2009
Abstract: Investors show different behaviour in falling markets and in rising markets. This paper demonstrates that the beta of individual stocks varies in different market conditions and that the variation depends on the frequency of the returns. While there is a symmetric increase for extreme [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Exiting a Private Equity Investment on the Chinese ‘A Share’ Market: The Impact of the IPO Lock-Up on Exit Valuations</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/12/06/exiting-a-private-equity-investment-on-the-chinese-%e2%80%98a-share%e2%80%99-market-the-impact-of-the-ipo-lock-up-on-exit-valuations/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/12/06/exiting-a-private-equity-investment-on-the-chinese-%e2%80%98a-share%e2%80%99-market-the-impact-of-the-ipo-lock-up-on-exit-valuations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Dec 2009 18:07:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jblevins</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Timely Research]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=9709</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Svetoslav Varadzhakov, University of Oxford
Published: December 6, 2010
Abstract: This paper evaluates the impact of the 12-month IPO lock-up on the valuation of private equity exits on the Chinese “A Share” market. By analyzing the 1-day, 3-month and 12-month post-IPO market adjusted performance of 378 IPOs on the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges for the [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Globalization of Alternative Investments</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/12/01/globalization-of-alternative-investments/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/12/01/globalization-of-alternative-investments/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 13:52:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jblevins</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=10419</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: World Economic Forum
Published: December, 2009
Abstract: The World Economic Forum is proud to release this third volume of Working Papers from our Globalization of Alternative Investments project. Building on the prior two volumes, we hope that these Working Papers will provide further insight into the global economic impact of alternative asset classes such as private [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>More evidence that distressed debt funds are a phoenix, not a vulture</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/11/03/more-evidence-that-distressed-debt-funds-are-a-phoenix-not-a-vulture/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/11/03/more-evidence-that-distressed-debt-funds-are-a-phoenix-not-a-vulture/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:09:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=7253</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A new study suggests that distressed debt investors play a critical role in the rebirth of ailing companies.
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Private Equity Investors – Committed Yet Concerned, Cautiously Staying on Course</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/11/01/private-equity-investors-%e2%80%93-committed-yet-concerned-cautiously-staying-on-course/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/11/01/private-equity-investors-%e2%80%93-committed-yet-concerned-cautiously-staying-on-course/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 18:50:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Rivera</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By: SEI Knowledge Partnership
Published: November, 2009
Executive Summary: The global financial crisis of 2008 brought the booming private equity market to a halt. Illiquid markets, cash-strapped investors and the scarcity of credit conspired to bring a multi-year bull run to an end. As confidence, economic stability and liquidity returned in 2009, public markets rallied sharply. Private [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Investors to Real Estate Private Equity: We don&#8217;t want any (right now)!</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/10/08/investors-to-real-estate-private-equity-we-dont-want-any-right-now/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/10/08/investors-to-real-estate-private-equity-we-dont-want-any-right-now/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 01:34:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Real Estate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Private equity real estate funds are having troubles raising assets. Join the club.]]></description>
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		<title>Private Equity Performance Report Fund Data as of Q1 2009</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/10/01/private-equity-performance-report-fund-data-as-of-q1-2009/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/10/01/private-equity-performance-report-fund-data-as-of-q1-2009/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 19:28:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Rivera</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Timely Research]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By: Preqin
Published: October 2009
Introduction: Using data from Preqin’s Performance Analyst database of private equity fund performance, Preqin has analysed the returns generated by private equity partnerships as at 31 March 2009 in order to provide an independent and unbiased description of the industry performance. Preqin currently holds transparent net-to-LP performance data for over 4,800 private [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fooled by Fees</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/09/20/fooled-by-fees/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/09/20/fooled-by-fees/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 00:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Investment Management Fees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Can some investors be "fooled" into buying new and unproven private equity funds? ]]></description>
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		<title>Survey shows that for some private equity firms, SRI and ESG are now bona fide investment criteria</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/09/01/survey-shows-that-for-some-private-equity-firms-sri-and-esg-are-now-bona-fide-investment-criteria/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/09/01/survey-shows-that-for-some-private-equity-firms-sri-and-esg-are-now-bona-fide-investment-criteria/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 00:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guest</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A poll of French private equity managers finds that environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues may have finally become part of the investment process.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Beware of Venturing into Private Equity</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/08/26/beware-of-venturing-into-private-equity/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/08/26/beware-of-venturing-into-private-equity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 13:51:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Rivera</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Investment Management Fees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By: Ludovic Phalippou, University of Amsterdam &#8211; Business School
Published: August 26, 2009
Abstract: As a step towards understanding whether a private equity governance structure reduces overall agency conflicts relative to a public equity governance structure (as is often argued), this paper describes the contracts between private equity funds and investors, and the returns earned by investors. [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>More &#8220;no fault divorce&#8221; clauses among signs that private equity investors gaining negotiating power</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/08/25/more-no-fault-divorce-clauses-among-signs-that-private-equity-investors-gaining-negotiating-power/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/08/25/more-no-fault-divorce-clauses-among-signs-that-private-equity-investors-gaining-negotiating-power/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 00:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=5501</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Want a divorce?  Invest in private equity and it becomes a bit easier...]]></description>
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		<title>BCG Forecast: Institutions to seek &#8220;innovative products&#8221; such as HF and PE</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/08/10/bcg-forecast-institutions-to-seek-innovative-products-such-as-hf-and-pe/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/08/10/bcg-forecast-institutions-to-seek-innovative-products-such-as-hf-and-pe/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 00:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new report by the Boston Consulting Group explains why institutional investors have stuck with hedge funds and why alternative investments in general will play a key role going forward. ]]></description>
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		<title>IFSL Private Equity 2009</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/08/01/ifsl-private-equity-2009/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/08/01/ifsl-private-equity-2009/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 20:19:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Rivera</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Timely Research]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By: International Financial Services London (IFSL)
Published: August 2009
Introduction: The private equity market is an important source of funds for startup and young firms, firms in financial distress and those seeking buyout financing. As this IFSL report shows, the UK is the largest and most developed private equity centre in Europe and is second in size [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Age-old private equity valuation debate re-ignited by new accounting rules</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/07/15/age-old-pe-valuation-debate-re-ignited-by-new-accounting-rules/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/07/15/age-old-pe-valuation-debate-re-ignited-by-new-accounting-rules/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 22:30:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[New accounting rules have ripped the scab from a festering debate among private equity professionals: who really cares about interim valuations if your money is locked up for 10 years?]]></description>
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		<title>Private equity survey may not be all doom &amp; gloom</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/07/02/private-equity-survey-may-not-be-all-doom-gloom/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/07/02/private-equity-survey-may-not-be-all-doom-gloom/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=4932</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Despite recent research that suggests otherwise, we may be due for an unexpected boom in private equity beginning sooner than many expect.]]></description>
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		<title>What Do Private Equity Investors Think of the Integration of ESG Criteria?</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/07/01/what-do-private-equity-investors-think-of-the-integration-of-esg-criteria/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/07/01/what-do-private-equity-investors-think-of-the-integration-of-esg-criteria/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:45:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Rivera</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Industry Trends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=5948</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Novethic Research Centre
Published: July 2009

Overview: Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) most often refers to funds that choose to invest in listed companies based on Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) criteria. This multi-criteria analysis broadly encompasses the company&#8217;s strategy and products, ranging from the economic impact of climate change on their business to human rights in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Terms and Conditions after the Crash: Changes in Private Equity Terms and Conditions Following the Credit Crunch</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/07/01/terms-and-conditions-after-the-crash-changes-in-private-equity-terms-and-conditions-following-the-credit-crunch/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/07/01/terms-and-conditions-after-the-crash-changes-in-private-equity-terms-and-conditions-following-the-credit-crunch/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:40:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Rivera</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By: Preqin
Published: July 2009
From Introduction: Following the global economic downturn, numerous LPs have faced liquidity problems and many GPs have seen their portfolio companies struggle financially and fall in value. These are some of the factors that have contributed to a fundraising environment which is currently extremely competitive for most GPs. LPs are unwilling to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>S. 1276: Private Fund Transparency Act</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/06/16/s-1276-private-fund-transparency-act/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/06/16/s-1276-private-fund-transparency-act/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 13:31:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Rivera</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Regulation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By: Congress
Published: June 16, 2009
Summary: To require investment advisers to private funds, including hedge funds, private equity funds, venture capital funds, and others to register with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and for other purposes.
Related Post: 2009: The year hedge funds finally stirred the regulatory hornets’ nest (Oct 21, 2009)
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		<title>How private equity and (activist) hedge funds can help by reducing agency costs</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/05/04/how-private-equity-and-activist-hedge-funds-can-help-by-reducing-agency-costs/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/05/04/how-private-equity-and-activist-hedge-funds-can-help-by-reducing-agency-costs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 01:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Today's Post]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=4534</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Here's another way that hedge funds can help "rebuild" Wall Street.]]></description>
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		<title>Financial crisis to slow convergence of hedge funds and private equity, but not for long, says academic</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/02/20/financial-crisis-to-slow-convergence-of-hedge-funds-and-private-equity-but-not-for-long-says-academic/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/02/20/financial-crisis-to-slow-convergence-of-hedge-funds-and-private-equity-but-not-for-long-says-academic/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2009 04:06:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Guest Posts]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The much ballyhooed topic of convergence between hedge funds and private equity has been bumped from the front pages recently by the convergence of financial sector workers and pink slips.  But according to one academic (who has the ear of the US Congress), it's not going away any time soon.  ]]></description>
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		<title>Beyond the Berle and Means Paradigm: Private Equity and the New Capitalist Order</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/02/09/beyond-the-berle-and-means-paradigm-private-equity-and-the-new-capitalist-order/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/02/09/beyond-the-berle-and-means-paradigm-private-equity-and-the-new-capitalist-order/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2009 18:23:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jblevins</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By: Stephen F. Diamond, Santa Clara University
Published: February 09, 2009
Abstract: The rise of private equity funds represents a new stage in capitalism. These funds combine financial resources and capital markets expertise with detailed operational knowledge of the operations of takeover targets to maximize the creation and expropriation of value on behalf of investors. Their significant [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alternative Viewpoints: Alternative Investments in India &#8211; Regulatory easing, growth in private equity, and new real estate opportunities</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/02/02/alternative-investments-in-india-regulatory-easing-growth-in-private-equity-and-new-real-estate-opportunities/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/02/02/alternative-investments-in-india-regulatory-easing-growth-in-private-equity-and-new-real-estate-opportunities/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2009 02:26:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[CAIA Alternative Viewpoints Columns]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Guest Posts]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=4150</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Indian economy has been in the news a lot recently.  But what about alternative investments in the sub-continent?]]></description>
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		<title>Coming Together after the Crisis: The Global Convergence of Private Equity and Hedge Funds</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/02/01/coming-together-after-the-crisis-the-global-convergence-of-private-equity-and-hedge-funds/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/02/01/coming-together-after-the-crisis-the-global-convergence-of-private-equity-and-hedge-funds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2009 20:36:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Industry Trends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=4606</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Houman B. Shadab (George Mason University)
Published: February 2009
Abstract: Prior to the subprime-initiated financial crisis, there was a trend within the alternative investment industry towards the convergence of certain private equity and hedge fund strategies and structures. This brief article suggests that although the financial crisis will slow the process of convergence, the trend toward [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Guidance Needed to Better Inform Plans of the Challenges and Risks of Investing in Hedge Funds and Private Equity</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/08/13/guidance-needed-to-better-inform-plans-of-the-challenges-and-risks-of-investing-in-hedge-funds-and-private-equity/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/08/13/guidance-needed-to-better-inform-plans-of-the-challenges-and-risks-of-investing-in-hedge-funds-and-private-equity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:32:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Regulation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By: The US Government Accountability Office (GAO)
Published: August 2008
Summary: Millions of retired Americans rely on defined benefit pension plans for their financial well-being. Recent reports have noted that some plans are investing in ‘alternative&#8217; investments such as hedge funds and private equity funds. This has raised concerns, given that these two types of investments have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Virtual private equity a step closer to reality</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/06/23/virtual-private-equity-a-step-closer-to-reality/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/06/23/virtual-private-equity-a-step-closer-to-reality/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 02:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alternative Beta & Hedge Fund Replication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Apparently not content to just clone hedge funds, State Street has now turned its sites to cloning private equity funds.]]></description>
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		<title>PwC Survey finds hedgies report more frequently than most other alternative asset managers</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/06/09/pwc-survey-finds-hedgies-report-more-frequently-than-most-other-alternative-asset-managers/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/06/09/pwc-survey-finds-hedgies-report-more-frequently-than-most-other-alternative-asset-managers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 01:24:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Industry Trends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A survey of investors and managers debunks some popular myths about hedge funds' willingness to communicate with investors. ]]></description>
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		<title>HF and PE managers square off on implications of credit squeeze</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/05/09/hf-and-pe-managers-square-off-on-implications-of-credit-squeeze/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/05/09/hf-and-pe-managers-square-off-on-implications-of-credit-squeeze/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 06:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Industry Trends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[(Madrid, April 25) - The former head of the pension for a large US state has suggested the value provided by funds of funds has increased as a result of market turbulence.  Al Samper, former Head of Virginia Retirement System told a gathering of the Chartered Alternative Investment Analysts Association in Madrid recently that protection against the idiosyncratic risks [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hedge Funds and Private Equity Under Contemporary Corporate Governance: The Dutch State of Affairs</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/04/01/hedge-funds-and-private-equity-under-contemporary-corporate-governance-the-dutch-state-of-affairs/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/04/01/hedge-funds-and-private-equity-under-contemporary-corporate-governance-the-dutch-state-of-affairs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 15:17:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Regulation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By: Faysal Barrachdi
Published: April 2008
Abstract: Hedge funds and private equity funds have caused a public outrage in the world&#8217;s largest and most respected economies. In the public opinion these funds have been associated with terms like crowds of locusts and corporate raiders. This thesis first of all examines the role of these funds in contemporary [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New research on private equity surprises even some of the experts</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/01/27/new-research-on-private-equity-surprises-even-some-of-the-experts/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/01/27/new-research-on-private-equity-surprises-even-some-of-the-experts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2008 02:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Regulation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A major study on the global impact of private equity was released on Friday in Davos.  The lead researcher says a few of its findings surprised even him.  ]]></description>
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		<title>Globalization of Alternative Investments: The Global Economic Impact of Private Equity Report 2008</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/01/01/globalization-of-alternative-investments-the-global-economic-impact-of-private-equity-report-2008/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/01/01/globalization-of-alternative-investments-the-global-economic-impact-of-private-equity-report-2008/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2008 19:50:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dossier]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By: World Economic Forum
Published: January 2008
From Executive Summary: In the past few decades, the private equity industry has grown both in terms of size and geographic reach. Despite the growing global impact of private equity, there is limited research on these developments that stakeholders can reference. It is, perhaps, not surprising that in markets as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Now &#8220;Private Equity Replication&#8221;?</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/12/17/now-private-equity-replication/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/12/17/now-private-equity-replication/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2007 01:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alternative Beta & Hedge Fund Replication]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If hedge fund indices can apparently be replicated using traditional risk factors such as equity risk, why can't private equity funds?  ]]></description>
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		<title>Where the House Always Wins: Private Equity, Hedge Funds, and the New Casino Capitalism</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/06/19/where-the-house-always-wins-private-equity-hedge-funds-and-the-new-casino-capitalism/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/06/19/where-the-house-always-wins-private-equity-hedge-funds-and-the-new-casino-capitalism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jun 2007 02:08:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By: The International Trade Union Congress (ITUC)&#124;
Published: June 2007
Abstract: Within the last couple of years, private equity and hedge funds have emerged as some of the most dominant financial and corporate players. They are no longer considered alternative investments but constitute part of the mainstream, one of the assets that pension funds, insurance companies and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Private equity gets bum rap at expense of golden child hedge funds</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/04/12/private-equity-gets-bum-rap-at-expense-of-golden-child-hedge-funds/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/04/12/private-equity-gets-bum-rap-at-expense-of-golden-child-hedge-funds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2007 23:22:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Industry Trends]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to Greenwich Associates' latest round of pulse-taking, hedge funds "will only grow in coming years" while private equity faces "chronic under-investment".]]></description>
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