Private Equity has become increasingly fashionable in recent years and some investors have made chunky returns. Debenhams (LSE: DEB) is a particularly well known example. Its share price was languishing in 2003, so a consortium of private equity funds took the company private only to sell it back to the stock market three years later, having more than trebled their original investment.
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Motley Fool: Halfords Gets A Boost
The fun thing about buying shares in retailers is that you can walk in and inspect your potential investment. Whether this is actually a useful exercise is debatable, as we run the risk of assigning too much significance to the factors we can see or easily imagine — the so-called ‘availability bias’. But it is hard to resist.
Motley Fool: Five Lessons From Playing Poker
We play games because they can teach us things about real life. For example, by playing Monopoly you can learn a bit about property investment, even if it is impossible, in real life, to own the whole of Mayfair, Park Lane or Regent Street.
Motley Fool: The Best Biotech Fund
I said last month that I was upbeat about the biotech sector and I still am. So I thought it made sense to take a closer look at The International Biotechnology Trust (LSE: IBT) which announced its annual results yesterday.
This Is Money: Two Basic Rules Worth Heeding
Midas looks back on the past 15 months to see which shares have been the best bets, with BP and Vodafone both proving solid investments
Scotsman: When To Take The Money And Run
ANYONE who has a with-profits investment should take a careful look at what the contract is earning, because annual returns are falling sharply.
Scotsman: From Boston To Edinburgh With Faith
IINVESTMENT giant Fidelity International is opening an office in Edinburgh in a move that has stirred the city’s fund managers. It is one of the world’s most successful investment groups, but how has it grown to stardom?
Scotsman: Hermon’s Changes Take Henderson On To Safer Territory
SINCE the 1990s, the Henderson Smaller Companies Investment Trust has changed radically to adapt to the changing economy.
Motley Fool: Keep It Simple
Before investing in a company, I like to understand the business, and some businesses are easier to understand than others.
Motley Fool: My Favourite Spin-Offs
We Brits call them demergers, but Americans call them spin-offs. But whatever you call them, breaking up a company into smaller chunks is quite fashionable right now.