71861 - Merchant Banking and Private Equity (6 Ects)

Learning outcomes

This course is performed in English. Please apply for this course only if you have a good knowledge of written and spoken English.

Course contents

This course is in English. 

The content of the course is focused on Private Equity Financing and the Venture Caital Cycle:

•  fundraising
• screening 
• valuation
• deal structuring
• monitoring 
• exit.

 

Readings/Bibliography

1. A. Metrick, Venture Capital and the Finance of Innovation, Wiley, 2007,
2. Structured Fnance: techniques, Products and Market, di: Caselli, Gatti (a cura di), Springer Verlag, 2005.
3. Paper "Illegal Buyouts", scritto da Cumming e Zambelli, in Journal of Banking and Finance, 2010. Available at: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1445388
4. Paper "Private Equity Performance under Extreme Regulation", scritto da Cumming and Zambelli, in Journal of Banking and Finance, 2012. Available at: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1777343

• Moreover, for further information on Private Equity Financing, please see also:
• Cumming, Johan,Venture Capital and Private Equity Contracting, last edition. http://www.venturecapitalprivateequitycontracting.com/

Teaching methods

• Theoretical lectures
• Class discussion
• Business simulation
• Case discussion
• Class presentations

Assessment methods

Written examination

Links to further information

https://sites.google.com/site/simonazambellihomepage --> Private Equity

Office hours

See the website of Simona Zambelli