http://www.businessoffashion.com/2007/07/valentino-fashioning-change-from-private-equity.html The Business of Fashion is an essential daily resource for fashion creatives, business professionals and entrepreneurs in more than 200 countries around the world. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 22:49:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.businessoffashion.com/2007/07/valentino-fashioning-change-from-private-equity.html#comment-635 Gerald Joseph Wed, 05 Sep 2007 19:28:23 +0000 http://www.businessoffashion.net/2007/07/valentino-fashioning-change-from-private-equity.html#comment-635 Excellent post--too bad very few financiers understand the foreplay involved in making investments. I think the culprit may be a disconnect between the LP's and managers of private equity firms. LP's rights may become a higher profile issue somewhere down the road--money managers often act recklessly "chasing deals" and trying to "put money to work" without sticking to the commonsense fundamentals and basics of investing. Excellent post–too bad very few financiers understand the foreplay involved in making investments. I think the culprit may be a disconnect between the LP’s and managers of private equity firms. LP’s rights may become a higher profile issue somewhere down the road–money managers often act recklessly “chasing deals” and trying to “put money to work” without sticking to the commonsense fundamentals and basics of investing.

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