Product Description
by Sebastien Canderle (Author)
Financial risk is a frequently observed and reported structural issue in leveraged buyouts. Other risks are equally prevalent but behavioural or institutional by nature. Factors like irrational decision-making, market manipulation and the lack of proper regulatory oversight are prominent indicators behind private equity's most troubling side effects.Drawing on a wide range of case histories and references like the buyouts of Bhs, Hilton, TIM Hellas, Toys "R" Us and Univision, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Private Equity investigates the industry's drivers of success and failure. The book aims to emphasize what differentiates good transactions and fund managers from the bad and truly ugly ones.Sebastien Canderle delivers a well-researched, engaging and illuminating account of the notoriously secretive money machine of private equity and volunteers pertinent prescriptions for change.
Author Biography
Sebastien Canderle has more than 20 years of experience in the consulting and financial sectors in New York and London, including as an investor for various private equity firms. He is the author of 'Private Equity's Public Distress' and 'The Debt Trap', two books covering the leveraged buyout industry, and has been a contributor to several financial publications as well as a business school lecturer in private equity.
