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Where LPs Are Placing Their Bets In Europe, Around the World
Moderator:
David M. Toll, managing editor,
Private Equity Analyst, LBO Wire Experts:
Wanching Ang, managing director,
Allianz Private Equity
Stefan Hepp, founding partner, CEO,
SCM Strategic Management AG
Philippe Poggioli, partner,
Access Capital Partners
Charles Soulignac, chairman, CEO,
Fondinvest
Stuart Waugh, managing director,
TD Capital
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Rise, Fall and Rise Again of U.S. Fund-raising ($M)
$177,600 $180,000 $160,000 $140,000 $120,000 $100,000 $80,000 $60,000 $40,000 $84,700 $20,000 $0 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005
Source: Private Equity Analyst
(E) Other Venture Buyout
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2005 Sees Continued Rebound in U.S. Fund-raising
Buyouts/Corporate Finance Venture Capital $17.9B
$4.9B
+193% +50% Mezzanine Fund of Funds Other Private Equity $.150B
-74% ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total
$.921B
$2.5B
$26.4B
+11% -21%
+90% Private Equity Analyst 2005 Projections: $70B LBO, $15B Venture
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Audience Poll
Biggest Concern LPs have with GP Behavior?
1) Not sticking to investment strategy 2) Raising too much money 3) Lack of communication after fund raising is over 4) Lack of transparency, consistency in presenting return data Copyright © 2005 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved | www.dowjones.com
Where The Money Comes From
Banks/Financial Svs. 13.4% Wealthy Investors/GPS 10.6% Public pension funds 32.1%
Public Pensions 32.1% F unds of F unds/Advisor s 12.1% Endowment s/F oundat ions 9.5% Cor por at e Pensions 9.5% Wealt hy Invest or s/GPs 10.6% Bank s/F inancial Svcs. 13.4% Insur ance Cos. 5.7% F amily Offices 1.2% Union Pensions 1.3% Cor por at ion 0.7%
Corporate Pensions 9.5% Funds of Funds/Advisors 12.1% Endows/Founds 9.5%
Source: Private Equity Analyst, survey of U.S. GPs raising $28.3B ’03-’04 Copyright © 2005 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved | www.dowjones.com
Audience Poll
Most Important Factor For LPs When Making a Commitment?
1) Team 2) Track record 3) Investment strategy 4) Opportunity to pursue strategy 5) Partnership terms and conditions Copyright © 2005 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved | www.dowjones.com
LPs’ return target On 8/10 year holding: 10 points above bond returns French institutional investors’ demand: 4% to 5% above public equity as risk premium* * Source: BIPE/AFIC Study, October 2004
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Attractive European mid-market segment
European Buyout Funds by Size (in Euro) Formed 1980-2003 Net IRRs to Investors Investment Horizon Return as of 31 Dec 2003 Fund Size (Euros) 5 YR 10 YR 20 YR
0-250 million 7.9% 11.0% 11.5% 250-500 million 500-1,000 million 1 Billion + All Buyouts 22.0% 25.5% 4.0% 9.6% 22.8% 25.0% 3.8% 12.7% 17.1% 21.8% NA 12.2%
European Venture Funds by Size (in Euro) Formed 1980-2003 Net IRRs to Investors Investment Horizon Return as of 31 Dec 2003 Fund Size (Euros) 5 YR 10 YR 20 YR
0-50 million 10.9% 11.8% 8% 50-100 million 100-250 million 250 million + All Venture 2.1% 3.3% -2% 2.3% 7.5% 12.8% 2.7% 8.3% 7.4% 9.3% 3.3% 7.2%
Source: Investment Benchmark 2004 EVCA /Thomson
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Manager Selection Is Critical
Venture / Early Stage Expansion Net Investor IRR as of 12/31/2004 Funds Formed 1980-2004 Pooled IRR 0.3 % 8.2 % Upper Quartile 4.0 % 7.4 % Buy-out All Private Equity 11.4 % 9.1 % 15.8 % 10.3 % Source: Thomson Venture Economics March 2005 Key to achieve superior return:
Access to the best performing funds
Deep analysis and rigorous selection process
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Top Quarter IRR 14.6 % 18.5 % 28.9 % 23.1 %
Expected Allocation of Funds Raised in 2004 Other 2 % Venture 6 % Expansion 19 % Buy-out 73 % Source : 2004 Survey of Pan-European Private Equity & Venture Capital Activity (Preliminary Data) / Thomson Venture Economics
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Where LPs Are Placing Their Bets In Europe, Around the World
Moderator:
David M. Toll, managing editor,
Private Equity Analyst, LBO Wire Experts:
Wanching Ang, managing director,
Allianz Private Equity
Stefan Hepp, founding partner, CEO,
SCM Strategic Management AG
Philippe Poggioli, partner,
Access Capital Partners
Charles Soulignac, chairman, CEO,
Fondinvest
Stuart Waugh, managing director,
TD Capital
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