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Returns to private equity: idiosyncratic risk does matter! [PDF]

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Owners of private companies often invest a substantial share of their net worth in one company, which exposes them to idiosyncratic risk. For US companies we investigate whether owners require compensation for lack of diversification in the form of ...
Müller, Elisabeth
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IPO Ready? Illuminating the Dark Box of Private Equity [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
The use of public equity data can help combat the challenges private equity funds currently face regarding data availability. The goal is to create a model to provide guidance to both investors and entrepreneurs in the decision-making process.
Cornellier, Tyler Gregory
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Understanding exam access arrangements in practice: Challenges and opportunities

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Secondary students with specific learning difficulties (SpLD) often face challenges with academic tasks, particularly with high‐stakes examinations. Exam access arrangements (EAA) are provided as reasonable adjustments to reduce disadvantage for students with SpLD.
Catherine Antalek   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Stochastic modeling of private equity: an equilibrium based approach to fund valuation [PDF]

open access: yes
In this paper, we present a new approach to measure the returns of private equity investments based on a stochastic model of the dynamics of a private equity fund.
Buchner, Axel   +2 more
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Private Equity and the SEC after Dodd-Frank [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
A new report by Senior Economist Eileen Appelbaum of the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) shows just how much the recnt SEC investigations of private equity funds has revealed and why it remains important to continue to regulate the ...
Eileen Appelbaum
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Learning to ‘be’ an activist: Exploring the relationship between activism and informal education in a youth activism group case study

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Young people in the United States (and beyond) access spaces for activism in varied ways, including the out‐of‐school time sector, where youth activism (YA) groups draw on informal learning pedagogies to engage young people in collective action.
Laura Weiner
wiley   +1 more source

Private Equity Market in Romania. Why Is its Infancy so Long? [PDF]

open access: yesOvidius University Annals: Economic Sciences Series, 2016
The aim of the paper is to analyze the evolution of the Private equity market in Romania in theaftermath of the latest global financial crisis. Using data provided by European Private Equity &Venture Capital Association (EVCA), we found that the ...
Sorin Gabriel Anton
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‘A completely different space’: Teachers' perspectives on disadvantage, access to nature and outdoor learning

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This study examined teachers' perspectives on how children benefit from time in nature, how disadvantage shapes access and the role of schools in facilitating such access. Drawing on interviews conducted in 2022 with 25 UK primary school teachers who participated in Generation Wild, a nature connection programme for schools in economically ...
Nicola Parkin   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

PROMOTING PRIVATE EQUITY FUNDS [PDF]

open access: yes
The recently development of the capital market intensified the investors attraction toward profit opportunities. The involvement on the capital market has become a widely used activity among all investors regardless their financial power. This has led to
Phd. Student . Ioana Radu   +1 more
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‘When joy comes your way, you have to grab it!’ Troubling how queer joy features in the lives of LGBT+ school‐attending youth in South Africa

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Recently, the concept ‘queer joy’ has gained interest in LGBT+ scholarship in the West. I use this scholarship as an entry point to explore how school‐attending LGBT+ youth express joy and how joy serves as a form of resistance against gender and sexuality norms in educational settings.
Dennis Francis
wiley   +1 more source

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