Private Equity as an Asset Class - Hardcover

"A comprehensive attempt to get to the bottom of private equity returns over the past 15 years or so as well as a well written overview of the buyout and venture markets."
--The Daily Telegraph

"... author Guy Fraser-Sampson has some eye-opening comments about the current state of private equity affairs ..."
--Institutional Investor

"Guy Fraser-Sampson conveys the complex specifics of private equity with some ease. His introduction to private equity is stimulating reading for experts and non-experts."
--Investment and Pensions Europe

"I can't think of anyone better qualified to write this book."
--Roger Wilkins, Morley Fund Management

"A masterpiece by the acknowledged expert in the field."
--Ross Butler, European Venture Capital Association, former editor Real Deals

"Writes with the authority of twenty years' experience gained on both sides of the Atlantic."
--David de Weese, Paul Capital Partners

"Shines a torch of clarity into some dimly lit areas of private equity theory and practice."
--Javier Loizago, Chairman, Mercapital and former Chairman, European Venture Capital Association

"A brilliant writer with a real talent for describing a complex subject."
--Thomas Meyer, European Investment Fund, author of Beyond the J-Curveand J-Curve Exposure

"I have always said that Guy wrote the book on private equity - now he really has!"
--Ernie Richardson, MTI

GUY FRASER-SAMPSON has over twenty years' experience of the private equity industry, most notably having set up and run for several years the European operations of Horsley Bridge. As a partner in the firm, and Managing Director of Horsley Bridge International, he had a unique opportunity to interact simultaneously with private equity managers from all over the world, including famous ‘golden circle’ venture firms based predominantly in California. He previously lived and worked in the Middle East as Investment Controller with the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA).
He has extensive experience of the evaluation of private equity managers, including having personally designed and developed a computer model for the evaluation of buyout performance, but is equally recognised as an expert on venture capital. In addition to his work with funds, he has also conducted direct, secondary and mezzanine transactions over the years.
Guy teaches post-graduate modules on private equity and investment strategy at Cass Business School in the City of London, and is also recognised as an authority on all types of alternative assets. He performs consultancy and high level executive training assignments for clients around the world, and is also in demand as a provider of keynote addresses at investment conferences. In addition to various professional qualifications, he holds an LLB with honours from King's College London, and an MBA majoring in finance from Warwick Business School.
Guy writes for a number of finance and investment publications, including his influential monthly column in Real Deals. He is the author of Multi-Asset Class Investment Strategy, also published as part of the Wiley Finance series, which questions accepted views of risk and return, and sets out ways in which investors could and should incorporate a wide range of so-called alternative assets into their planned portfolios. He conducts regular investor workshops around the world based upon his books.