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		<title>Can Private Equity still compete with cash-rich corporations?</title>
		<link>http://www.pwcblogs.be/transactions/2011/07/ma-academy-can-private-equity-still-compete-with-cash-rich-corporations/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jul 2011 11:39:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katrien Persoons</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On 16 June we were happy to host our bi-annual M&#38;A Event with a panel debate on the question whether private equity can still compete with cash-rich corporations. Our speakers (Koen Dejonckheere &#8211; CEO GIMV), Bruno Humblet (CFO Bekaert), Ralph Hamers (Chairman Executive Committee ING Belgium) and Philippe Haspeslagh (Dean Vlerick Management School) had colorful [...]<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_32x32_style" addthis:url='http://www.pwcblogs.be/transactions/2011/07/ma-academy-can-private-equity-still-compete-with-cash-rich-corporations/' addthis:title='Can Private Equity still compete with cash-rich corporations? ' ><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>M&amp;A Academy: General trends in global M&amp;A and the rising influence of Emerging Markets</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Oct 2010 12:37:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katrien Persoons</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our fourth season of the M&#38;A Academy took off today, the 14th of October. We started with a session given by Chris Hemmings, Global Head of Corporate Finance who talked about general trends in global M&#38;A and the rising influence of Emerging Markets. Some key messages we learned during this presentation is that Western companies [...]<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_32x32_style" addthis:url='http://www.pwcblogs.be/transactions/2010/10/ma-academy-general-trends-in-global-ma-and-the-rising-influence-of-emerging-markets/' addthis:title='M&#38;A Academy: General trends in global M&#38;A and the rising influence of Emerging Markets ' ><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Investments in the automotive industry ?</title>
		<link>http://www.pwcblogs.be/transactions/2009/03/investments-in-the-automotive-industry/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2009 09:51:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Didier De Smet</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our German practice issued a new publication on the Private Equity Investments in the Automotive Supplier Industry.   It describes how the automotive industry has been hit hard in 2008 with a decline in global GDP growth leading to a decline in its business prospects, uncertainty about the direction the industry will take and the drying [...]<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_32x32_style" addthis:url='http://www.pwcblogs.be/transactions/2009/03/investments-in-the-automotive-industry/' addthis:title='Investments in the automotive industry ? ' ><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Proposed change in the French tax treatment of carried interest</title>
		<link>http://www.pwcblogs.be/transactions/2009/01/proposed-change-in-the-french-tax-treatment-of-carried-interest/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 20:07:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luc Legon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The French Senate has adopted an amendment to the Draft Finance Act for 2009 (article 4bis of the DFA) for the purpose to address the tax treatment of carried interest shares granted to FCPR (Fonds Communs de Placement à Risque) and SCR (sociétés de capital à risque) managers. Subject to any possible amendments, the proposed [...]<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_32x32_style" addthis:url='http://www.pwcblogs.be/transactions/2009/01/proposed-change-in-the-french-tax-treatment-of-carried-interest/' addthis:title='Proposed change in the French tax treatment of carried interest ' ><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Private Equity – Underwater equity – Resetting of Management Incentives</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 22:03:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luc Legon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[To meet their performance objectives, private equity firms must rely on talented, highly motivated managers within their portfolio companies. To date, aligning the financial interests of portfolio company managers with those of investors has proved to be the most motivational tool in driving them forward. But is this alignment still there in the current financial [...]<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_32x32_style" addthis:url='http://www.pwcblogs.be/transactions/2008/12/private-equity-%e2%80%93-underwater-equity-%e2%80%93-resetting-of-management-incentives/' addthis:title='Private Equity – Underwater equity – Resetting of Management Incentives ' ><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a></div>]]></description>
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