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Conference:
Day 1
23rd Nov 8.50am - 5:30pm
Day 2
24th Nov 8.50am - 5:30pm
Master Classes:
Sunday 22nd Nov
KMPG - Making your investments sweat - driving value from portfolio companies
Wednesday 24 Nov
BDO Corporate Finance & Lawrence Graham - The challenges of restructuring & re-financing in the current market
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Private Equity World Awards, MENA 2009
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Important dates
Submit all nominations: 30th September 2009
Shortlists announced:
October 2009
Gala awards evening:
23rd November 2009
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Nominations can be put forward for a series of categories depending on the meeting of category criteria.
Categories
- Deal of the year
- Professional services firm of the year
- Best fund raising of the year
- Best new private equity fund
- Best private equity house
- Best venture capital fund
- Special merit award
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The awards evening will be one of spectacular entertainment, food, networking and a whole lot of fun. You will not want to miss it!
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Master Class one - 22 November 2009Master Class one - 22 November 2009
Part 1: Making your investments sweat - driving value from Portfolio Companies Master Class highlights
- Explaining the changed environment for private equity firms
- Linking due diligence to post deal actions
- Identifying potential areas for operational improvements
- Ensuring that you are getting the right information from your portfolio companies
- Exploring what you can do yourselves and when you need help
- Getting the right exit strategy in place
Key objectives of Master Class This workshop explores the changed environment for private equity firms and highlights the key areas which they focus on to increase the value they extract from their portfolio companies. 9.15am Welcome and introduction
Partner, Transaction Services, KPMG Partner, Private Equity and SWFs, KPMG
9.20am Portfolio companies - what's changed?
- Investment vs influence vs control
- Acquisition rationale
- Changed landscape
- Exit strategy
10am Pre and post acquisition - the big disconnect
- 100 day plan
- Implementation
11.25am Operational improvements
- People
- Revenue and margin enhancement
- Cost reduction
- Working capital and cash
12.10pm Managing information
- Risk, governance and control
- Improved decision making
Part 2: The Death of DCF? - latest trends in Valuation techniques and Due Diligence
- Master Class highlights
- Exploring the limitations of the DCF model
- Identifying where the DCF model is appropriate and where it's not
- Highlighting the problems in over-reliance on maintainable earnings measures
- Exploring latest developments in due diligence including increased focus on commercial and operational due diligence
Key objectives of Master Class
The DCF (discounted cash flow) model, once the darling of the investment world, is becoming increasingly discredited. This workshop explores why this is, what other alternative valuation techniques exist and why the announcement of its death may be premature. The workshop also addresses latest changes in due diligence techniques and how they are adapting to reflect the new business environment. 2.15pm Changes in Valuation techniques
- Brief refresher on DCF vs. the best of the rest
- The problems with DCF
- Possible approaches
3pm Due Diligence developments
- Evolving approach
- Phasing of work
- Maintainable earnings, net debt and normal working capital
- VDD in the regional market
4.10pm Operational due diligence
- Why it should be considered
- Typical approaches
- Use of "experts"
- Post deal actions
About our Master Class Leaders: KPMG is a global network of professional firms providing Audit, Tax and Advisory services. We operate in 144 countries and have 137,000 people working in member firms around the world. The independent member firms of the KPMG network are affiliated with KPMG International, a Swiss cooperative. Each KPMG firm is a legally distinct and separate entity and describes itself as such. KPMG’s presence in the UAE dates from 1973. With over 700 professional staff and 23 partners, we operate from offices in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Sharjah.
We also work closely with other KPMG offices throughout the region and across the world. We play an important role in the capital markets, and are highly active in supporting positive reform within our industry to strengthen credibility and confidence. We believe corporate social responsibility is at the heart of all great organisations, and are committed to making a real difference to the communities in which we operate.
We strongly believe that the quality and integrity of the accounting profession is vital to confidence in capital markets. The quality and integrity of our people and our work is paramount to everything we do. http://www.ae-kpmg.com/index.thtml/en/about/
Robert Hall, Partner, Transaction Services, KPMG (UAE) Over the last five years, he has been involved in over 70 transactions. Robert also heads up KPMG’s Real Estate practice in the UAE. Robert is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. Vikas Papriwal, Partner, Private Equity and SWFs, KPMG (UAE)
Vikas Papriwal moved to the Dubai office from KPMG’s London office where he was a Partner in the Private Equity Group. Vikas looks after KPMG’s SWF and PE clients in the GCC region. Vikas has experience working with a variety of financial buyers on large complex transactions across several sectors including chemicals, real estate, financial services, retail, healthcare, and business services. Vikas has worked with a number of Private Equity and Sovereign Wealth clients including Providence Equity, Dubai Holdings, Dubai World, Warburg Pincus, Bain Capital, Cinven, Apax and TPG. Vikas’ recent experience includes providing restructuring advice to a number of his clients and their portfolio companies especially on their business plans. Vikas is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. Vikas previously worked with Andersen in India and the UK. |
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