Ep 108: AirbnBillion

What’s Going On Here? Airbnb welcomed a new $1 billion investment this week as private investors helped the accommodation marketplace #stayhome and #stayalive during the coronavirus pandemic. What Does This Mean? Neither Airbnb nor its two new investors gave all the details, but they did reveal that the investment was a mixture of equity and debt,…

Journal Report 8: Private Equity

What is private equity? PE firms are part of the fabled ‘buy-side’ PE is one of the most praised types of work in finance. The typical route into private equity is after having spent 2 years at a top IB and/or completing an MBA at a top business school. For an excellent insight into the…