Message from the Managing Director

To borrow from the Twitterverse, a number of "trending" topics continue to dominate the media in 2011. Uncertainty continues to linger — particularly as it relates to the role emerging markets can or should play in one’s portfolio. In fact, we regularly hear from pensions, endowments and family offices that are increasingly interested in high-growth markets like Southeast Asia, Latin America and Africa.

Are you interested in learning more about the opportunities for private investment in the emerging markets? Join us on Thunderbird's campus in Arizona on April 7-8 for TPEC's 7th Annual Global Private Equity Investing Conference. Capped at 250 attendees, the conference offers LPs and GPs an intimate environment for discussing trends in global private equity & venture capital. I look forward to visiting with you at the meeting!

Sincerely,

Jim La Marche
Thunderbird Private Equity Center Managing Director

2011: The Public Policy Agenda for Private Equity

By Douglas Lowenstein, President & CEO
Private Equity Growth Capital Council
Doug Lowenstien and the PEGCC have been at the forefront of the regulatory private equity debate by working directly with federal legislators. Private Equity has, for the meantime, dodged an attempt to raise taxes on carried interest; yet, Mr. Lowenstein advocates for increased diligence throughout the current transition and implementation of key elements from the Dodd-Frank legislation.

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Private Equity: The Shifting Investor Dynamic

By Tim Friedman, Head of Communications & Senior Manager, Preqin
The year 2011 marks a departure in strategy for many private equity investors. At the top end, the largest investors are no longer writing tickets for hundreds of millions of dollars, while at the smaller end of the scale, investors are no longer struggling to access over-subscribed offerings as they were back in 2007. A majority are putting more of their faith, and their money, in mid-market or small buyout funds.

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Opportunities and Uncertainties in Private Equity, Green and Clean Technologies in the US and Globally

By Dr. Gurminder Singh, Founder & Chairman
Green Council of Seattle
Given recent political shifts and uncertainty in fundraising for private equity firms, investment in green and clean technologies will be severely impacted in the near future. However, opportunities do exist and will continue to develop as corporations serve as market drivers for the adoption of these technologies.

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In Other News

• Register now to attend TPEC's India Private Equity Symposium, March 9, 2011, in Mumbai, India. Network with 100 key industry figures and enjoy discussions on innovation, globalization and Indian private equity opportunities.
  
  
• Don't miss TPEC's 7th Annual Thunderbird Global Private Equity Investing Conference April 7-8, 2011 on Thunderbird's Arizona campus. Join us for this marquee event focused on “The New Normal in Global Private Equity: The Best of Times, The Worst of Times.”
  
  
• Save the date: TPEC 2nd Annual Zurich PE Forum, July 7, 2011. Together with PricewaterhouseCoopers and the Swiss Private Equity & Corporate Finance Association, the event drew over 200 attendees last year and promises to do the same this year.

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