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Behavioural Economics and the world of private equity
07/11/2006. Behavioural Economics looks beyond assumptions on what is strictly "rational" decision-making as a field of study that combines psychology and economics in an effort to investigate occurrences in markets in which some of the agents display human limitations and complications. Private Equity is not a strictly rational business, therefore opportunities and risks arise from this reality in the industry. 
The accounting standards are changing: measuring fair value of private equity funds
01/11/2006. In this Israel Venture Capital Journal article, Kobi Shamash, CPA and Asher Shklar,CPA of Israeli accounting firm BDO Ziv Haft, look at the shift to fair value measurement of private equity assets that can make financial statements more relevant.
New era for employee stock options
27/09/2006. Valuation issues relating to employee stock options are shaking the high-tech and accounting worlds, says the Israel Venture Capital Journal, and its treatment has attracted a great deal of attention on the part of regulatory bodies.
The impact and perception of buy-outs in Europe
20/09/2006. The private equity industry, which has been growing rapidly in Europe, has recently had to face increasing public awareness and criticism, says Loic Le Foll Focusing on the buy-out industry in Europe, this paper aims to analyse the factors that can contribute to a poor perception of buy-outs as well as the potential consequences if nothing is done.
Profitability of venture capital investment in Europe and the US
28/06/2006. This paper from the European Commission examines the profitability of European venture capital investment and presents some comparative analysis of the returns generated by European and US venture capital funds.
The equity risk capital market for young companies in Scotland 2000-2004
18/04/2006. This is the second of Scottish Enterprise's annual studies of the risk capital market in Scotland, tracking all risk capital investments in young Scottish companies since 2000. In particular, the authors say their report demonstrates the on-going need for Scottish Enterprise intervention to work to improve the supply of finance for growing companies.
Temporal comparative analysis of the US venture capital industry over 1980 to 2002
29/03/2006. Avi Messica of the Holon Institute of Technology and Tamir Agmon of The College of Management hypothesise that supply and demand shifts occurred in the US venture capital industry during 1980 to 2002. In this paper, they show the results of an empirical study about the temporal characteristics of the VC industry during the period.
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