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 "e;Mittelstand"e; (small and medium sized businesses). The paper concludes with presenting the author's individual view on private equity and a positive outlook on development of private equity in Germany.