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Private Equity Fund Accounting.pdfPrivate Equity Fund Accounting
Duration: One Day.
Course Overview
At the end of this course participants will be able to
• Describe private equity funds and how they differ from other fund types
• Outline the regulatory environment for regulated and unregulated funds in Ireland
• Describe in detail typical fund transactions and related accounting procedures during the different stages of the fund life cycle
• Calculate fund valuations using typical methodologies
• Outline typical investor reporting and regulatory reporting requirements
Course Content
- Private Equity Funds Overview
- Private Equity Funds – Irish Regulatory Environment
- Overview
- Private Equity Fund Structures
- Private Equity Funds – Operations
- Commitments
- Calls/draw-downs
- Distributions
- Waterfall models
- Fund expenses
- Carried interest
- Aggregation
- Deal-by-deal
- Hurdle rates
- Claw-back
- Valuation Methodologies
- Cost
- Net assets
- Earnings
- Cash flows
- Internal rate of return (IRR)
- Other valuation indicators
- Valuation Guidelines
- Reporting
- Case study
- Private equity funds versus mutual/hedge funds
- Current trends
Who should attend?
* Private equity fund administrators, accountants, lawyers and other fund professionals requiring a greater understanding of private equity fund operations and related accounting challenges
* It is expected that participants have a working knowledge of hedge or mutual funds though this is not essential.