by Gino D'Alessio | Nov 10, 2015 | Real Assets
Timberland and its origin as an asset class Timberland is the ownership of forests for the long-term harvesting of wood as an investment. Forests are owned by either public or private entities, public refers to government ownership and private refers to ownership by... by Gino D'Alessio | Nov 3, 2015 | Angel Investing, VC and P2P
The Venture Capital Concept The idea behind VC is to invest in Entrepreneurs and their companies that are in the early stages of their life cycle, often to get a product beta produced or to continue its development. In Some cases the business is still simply an idea... by Gino D'Alessio | Nov 3, 2015 | Private Equity
A Broad Definition Private Equity has been around a long time and is broadly considered as any privately held interest in a company, that is to say that is not publicly traded. Having said that there are now various Private Equity Firms that are publicly traded. These... by Gino D'Alessio | Nov 2, 2015 | Hedge Funds
Hedge Funds Universe Hedge Funds have a myriad of different types of strategies and it should be well defined and stated in the investment memorandum. There is no official list and even market-wide definitions of styles may vary considerably depending on who is... by Gino D'Alessio | Oct 29, 2015 | Private Equity
Cash Flow profile of a Private Equity Investment The cash flow of a Private Equity investment and therefore of the the Private Equity fund investing in such securities has a negative return or cash flow during the initial years, usually during the first 3 to 5 years....