2025 CFA Level I Exam: CFA Study Preparation

AnalystNotes specializes in helping candidates pass. Period.

Private securities are not publicly traded. They don't have market-determined quoted prices, and they are highly illiquid.

The most common investment strategies are:

Venture capital is financing for privately held companies, typically in the form of equity in less mature companies, for the launch, early development, or expansion of a business. A venture firm must provide returns to its investors and has a long horizon to do so. Therefore, it has to make a high multiple on its investment and must hold out for a nice acquisition or an IPO. It must build the business from scratch to be able to carry a very high enterprise value.
A leverage buyout (LBO) is the acquisition of a company or division of a company with a substantial portion of borrowed funds. A buyout fund seeks companies that are undervalued with high predictable cash flow and operating inefficiencies. If it can improve the business, it can sell the company or its parts, or it can pay itself a nice dividend or pay down some company debt to deleverage.
A private investment in public equity, often called a PIPE deal, involves the selling of publicly traded common shares to private investors. Generally, companies are forced to pursue PIPEs when capital markets are unwilling to provide financing and traditional equity market alternatives do not exist for that particular issuer.

User	Comment
bidisha	Pipe deal: warren buffet & Goldman
bidisha	Oops bank of america
ldfrench	bidisha: Is "warren buffet" a good place to eat? Let me know plz
farhan92	a KFC buffet...
avinuela	Pipe deal: see Succession episodes 2 and 3 :)

You need to log in first to add your comment.

I passed! I did not get a chance to tell you before the exam - but your site was excellent. I will definitely take it next year for Level II.

No flashcard found. Add a private flashcard for the subject.