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		<title><![CDATA[Advent of Corporate Investors]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=120099]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Although Silicon Valley is the birthplace of technologies, an increasing number of global technology giants are directing their attention to the Asian market to search for new technologies as part of their corporate expansion plans. In the beginning of the fourth quarter of the year, Motorola Inc. declared its interest...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2004 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[US VCs Continue Optimism About Market Recovery]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=120100]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[This article reports on the data released by the Mid-Atlantic Venture Association MAVA indicates that private equity investors in the region continue to have a positive attitude about market recovery, as evidenced in the results from nine consecutive quarterly surveys. In the fourth quarter of 2004 results, there was early...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Nov 2004 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Hedge Funds: A Threat to Private Equity]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=105218]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Due to various common characteristics, private equity and hedge funds are often mentioned in the same breath. Some investors have even come to view the two asset classes as being in direct competition with one another. In this article Dr. Isabelle Borello and Dr. Hanspeter Bader of Unigestion argues, that...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Oct 2004 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[What Do Entrepreneurs Pay for Venture Capital Affiliation?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=120098]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[This article summarizes the paper titled, "What Do Entrepreneurs Pay for Venture Capital". It says that in the minds of entrepreneurs working to grow their fledgling technology companies, the intangibles brought to the table by venture capital investors are often worth a lot more than money itself. In seeking venture...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Aug 2004 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Deregulation of the US Electric Power Industry and the Opportunities It Creates for Private Equity]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=105216]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Fundamental upheaval in the electric power industry is creating unprecedented private equity investment opportunities. One major contributing factor is the deregulation of the United States power markets. According to the article, since the advent of deregulation, the private equity industry has assumed a lead role in taking advantage of these...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2004 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Decision-Making in the Digital Age]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=105220]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The amount of information produced by private equity investing can be overwhelming, for the firms themselves and for existing and prospective investors. Private equity investing is undoubtedly a data-intensive activity. Yet most firms and their investors do not have adequate systems in place to convert all that information into knowledge...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2004 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The (re) Emergence of Energy Technology]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=105217]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Over the past year, energy technology has been the subject of escalating interest from the venture community and its institutional investor base. This article states that investment activity in areas such as alternative energy, emissions control, and energy management continues to increase, led largely by a handful of small, pioneering...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2004 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/altassets.html"><![CDATA[AltAssets]]></category>
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		<title><![CDATA[Health Care Finance Industry Plagued by Lack of Funding]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=104159]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[In today's health care finance environment, early financing rounds are becoming harder to fund and the market for initial public offerings remains very weak. Total healthcare venture investment declined from $6bn in 2001 to $5.2bn in 2002 - a 13 per cent decrease - although Ernst & Young said that,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2004 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/health+care.html"><![CDATA[Health Care]]></category>
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		<title><![CDATA[What's Up in Life Sciences]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=104163]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The risks and rewards of the private equity life science market are examined by Tom Daniel of Schroder Venture Life Sciences, Mark Carthy of Oxford Bioscience Partners, Martijn Kleijwegt of Life Science Partners and Jeremy Curnock Cook of Bioscience Managers in the latest AltAssets roundtable. This article presents excerpt from...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2004 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Accession Provides New Opportunities for Private Equity Investment in Central Europe]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=105219]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Private equity opportunities are shifting east and the window of opportunity is now. The harmonization of Central Europe's fiscal, legal, and regulatory systems with those of the EU, which has taken place in the run up to accession on May 1st, has already sparked a wave of inward investment and...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2004 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/private+equity.html"><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/altassets.html"><![CDATA[AltAssets]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/private+equity+opportunity.html"><![CDATA[Private Equity Opportunity]]></category>
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		<title><![CDATA[Getting in Position to be in Position]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=104367]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Achieving liquidity through the US public equity markets has become more time consuming and more expensive in the wake of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and other related regulations. The public offering landscape has changed dramatically, however, since the IPO boom of the late 1990s. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2004 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/sarbanes-oxley+act.html"><![CDATA[Sarbanes-Oxley Act]]></category>
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		<title><![CDATA[Why Is Fundraising so Arduous Right now]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=105411]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Many limited partners are now negotiating hard before they will invest in funds. That is as it should be. But there is a danger that these discussions are making the fundraising process too complex and too lengthy. This article point out, that surely there is some way of simplifying it...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2004 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Building Blocks for Success]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=105412]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Close observers of the private equity fundraising market cannot have failed to notice the increasing numbers of funds looking to attract significant early investors - often known as cornerstone investors - over the last 18 months or so. More and more funds in the market are looking for cornerstone investors....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2004 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Swiss Biotech Report]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=104374]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[By the end of 2003, the Swiss biotech industry consisted of 227 companies. When viewed in relation to the size of its population, this means that Switzerland has the highest biotech density in the world, according to Ernst & Young. This paper gives a comprehensive report on Swiss biotechnology industry. ]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2004 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/altassets.html"><![CDATA[AltAssets]]></category>
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		<title><![CDATA[What Does 'Early Stage' Mean These Days]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=105224]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[As with most industries, the world of private equity is filled with buzzwords that professionals routinely use. Most of these words tend to have slightly different meanings depending on the user. One of these is the concept of 'early-stage' company investment. The concept of early-stage investing means different things to...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2003 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/altassets.html"><![CDATA[AltAssets]]></category>
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		<title><![CDATA[Biosciences: High Risk, High Reward, and the Potential for Real Chaos]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=104170]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The biosciences sector is undergoing constant change. These changes are driven by value-creating innovations, capital availability, and a shakeout in the industry. This article states that in order to be successful, investors in the bioscience arena need to learn lessons from earlier technologies and apply them to this rapidly evolving...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2003 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/change.html"><![CDATA[Change]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/altassets.html"><![CDATA[AltAssets]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/biosciences+sector.html"><![CDATA[Biosciences Sector]]></category>
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		<title><![CDATA[When Access Is an Issue]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=105226]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The huge growth in the private equity fund of funds market over the last few years can have escaped the notice of few people in the industry. Funds of funds have become an increasingly popular route for institutions to gain exposure to the private equity market - a trend that...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2003 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/private+equity.html"><![CDATA[Private Equity]]></category>
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		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/microsoft+access.html"><![CDATA[Microsoft Access]]></category>
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		<title><![CDATA[Institutions Shift Towards Europe]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=105227]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[There is no doubt that the experience of the last few years has affected and informed the investment decisions of European and US investors. This article records some of the results of a new AltAssets survey that highlights a shift away from the US and from venture capital and towards...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2003 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/investment+decision.html"><![CDATA[Investment Decision]]></category>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/altassets.html"><![CDATA[AltAssets]]></category>
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		<title><![CDATA[ERISA Plan Assets Regulation: 15 Years on]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=104098]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[This paper describes about private equity. It has been 15 years since the Department of Labor's Plan Assets Regulation became effective. By clarifying when the manager of an investment entity will and will not be treated as a fiduciary, that regulation paved the way for employee benefit plans regulated by...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2003 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[U.S. Private Equity Funds: Selected Regulatory and Tax Issues]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The object of this article is to provide an overview of the regulatory and tax issues arising from structuring, and investing in, US sponsored private equity funds. Private equity funds typically are structured to invest in equity interests of portfolio companies that are not publicly traded. This is in contrast...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2003 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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