Private Equity in Germany

Scientific Essay from the year 2007 in the subject Business economics - Investment and Finance, grade: 1,0, University of Hull, course: Independent Study, language: English, abstract: This paper gives an overview of private equity. Functionality of investing firms, possible applications of private equity, and its influence on portfolio-companies is in the focus of interest. The topic is investigated by analysing the German market and describing private equity as a controversial financial instrument. Thereby also reservations are portrayed that exist in the German society as well as in the German ""Mittelstand"" (small and medium sized businesses). The paper concludes with presenting the authors individual view on private equity and a positive outlook on development of private equity in Germany.