Research and Markets: 2010 Private Equity Compensation and Employment Review - Examine Existing Compensation Practices against Wider Industry Benchmarks

DUBLIN--(Business Wire)--
Research and Markets
(http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/371778/2010_private_equit) has
announced the addition of the "2010 Private Equity Compensation and Employment
Review" report to their offering.

A source of reliable and accurate information on the latest trends in private
equity compensation and employment is a vital tool enabling decision-makers and
advisors to examine existing compensation practices against wider industry
benchmarks.

Private Equity Compensation and Employment Review has been produced in
collaboration with leading compensation consultants FPL Associates. It includes
information for 13 different positions using data on hundreds of employees
actively employed by over 50 leading private equity firms worldwide. It also
includes the results of our detailed survey on all different aspects of
compensation practices.

In addition, the Review also investigates firm level compensation (management
fees, carry etc), employment within the industry over time, centres of activity,
economies of scale and a study from leading legal firm Baker & McKenzie on tax
structures within private equity compensation.

Full contents include:

* Private equity compensation by position
* Survey of compensation practices at private equity firms
* Overview of firm level compensation
* Tax structures within private equity compensation (Baker & McKenzie)
* Current employment within the private equity industry
* Growth of the PE industry over time
* Centres of employment activity

Key Topics Covered:

1. Executive Summary

2. Data Sources/Methodology

3. Evolution of the Private Equity Industry - Growth in No. of Active Firms over
Time

Private equity fundraising over time; number of active firms over time; number
of active firms over time by strategy; number of active firms over time by
location

4. Current Employment within the Private Equity Industry

Total worldwide employment within the industry; employment by country;
employment by city; employment by firm type; employment by firm size; number of
employees per $1 billion in assets under management; share of employees by firm
size for buyout, venture and real estate firms; number of offices maintained by
private equity firms

5. Overview of Firm Level Compensation

Management fees during investment period; management fees by fund size for
buyout and venture funds; trends in management fees by vintage year for buyout
and venture funds of different sizes; management fee reductions after investment
period; carried interest; basis for charging carried interest; hurdle rates;
share of transaction and other fees kept by GPs

6. Survey of Compensation Practices at Private Equity Firms

Percentage change in base salaries from 2008 to 2009; percentage of bonus pool
paid out; change in bonus pools compared to previous year; actions taken by
companies regarding base salaries, incentives, benefits and staffing; proportion
of carried interest allocated to management team; strategies used to grant
carried interest to participants; average carried interest vesting schedules;
effect on the vested and unvested portions of an employee's interest under
various termination scenarios at buyout and venture firms; average number of
investments and boards on which partners serve; average capital allocated to
partners; average allocation of partners' time

7. Private Equity Compensation by Position

Listings of (25th percentile, median, average and 75th percentile of) base
salary, total annual cash compensation, long-term incentive plus carried
interest award, and total remuneration for: managing general partner, senior
managing director/advisor, managing director/partner, director/principal, senior
associate, associate, analyst, chief operating officer, chief financial officer,
controller, administrative manager/office manager, head of investor relations,
chief legal counsel

8. Tax Structures in Private Equity Compensation - Baker & McKenzie

9. Figure Index

10. Other Preqin Publications

For more information visit
http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/371778/2010_private_equit

Research and Markets
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press@researchandmarkets.com
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