Actis: Private equity investments in a capricious market

This case looks at the front end of a private equity (PE) deal cycle. It is set in September 2008, and begins with the Investment Principal of Actis (China), a global private equity firm, preparing to present the proposal for 7 Days Inn, the fourth largest budget hotel chain in China, to the Investm...

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Main Authors: LIM, Meng Ann, MATHUR, Sarita
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spelling sg-smu-ink.cases_coll_all-10812018-07-13T09:19:57Z Actis: Private equity investments in a capricious market LIM, Meng Ann MATHUR, Sarita This case looks at the front end of a private equity (PE) deal cycle. It is set in September 2008, and begins with the Investment Principal of Actis (China), a global private equity firm, preparing to present the proposal for 7 Days Inn, the fourth largest budget hotel chain in China, to the Investment Committee (IC). Just a day before the IC meeting, he hears news about the Lehman bankruptcy. How would the news about the collapse of Lehman Brothers impact the 7 Days deal? Would it change the industry and company forecasts, which he and his team had meticulously calculated? Would Li be able to convince the IC that 7 Days Inn was still a good investment? Most importantly, should Actis go ahead with the proposal or should they re-consider? 2014-03-01T08:00:00Z text application/pdf https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/cases_coll_all/79 https://cmp.smu.edu.sg/case/1761 Case Collection eng Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University Private equity investment finance budget hotels hotel industry China Asia Business Administration, Management, and Operations Finance and Financial Management Strategic Management Policy
institution Singapore Management University
building SMU Libraries
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Singapore
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topic Private equity
investment
finance
budget hotels
hotel industry
China
Asia
Business Administration, Management, and Operations
Finance and Financial Management
Strategic Management Policy
spellingShingle Private equity
investment
finance
budget hotels
hotel industry
China
Asia
Business Administration, Management, and Operations
Finance and Financial Management
Strategic Management Policy
LIM, Meng Ann
MATHUR, Sarita
Actis: Private equity investments in a capricious market
description This case looks at the front end of a private equity (PE) deal cycle. It is set in September 2008, and begins with the Investment Principal of Actis (China), a global private equity firm, preparing to present the proposal for 7 Days Inn, the fourth largest budget hotel chain in China, to the Investment Committee (IC). Just a day before the IC meeting, he hears news about the Lehman bankruptcy. How would the news about the collapse of Lehman Brothers impact the 7 Days deal? Would it change the industry and company forecasts, which he and his team had meticulously calculated? Would Li be able to convince the IC that 7 Days Inn was still a good investment? Most importantly, should Actis go ahead with the proposal or should they re-consider?
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author LIM, Meng Ann
MATHUR, Sarita
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MATHUR, Sarita
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title Actis: Private equity investments in a capricious market
title_short Actis: Private equity investments in a capricious market
title_full Actis: Private equity investments in a capricious market
title_fullStr Actis: Private equity investments in a capricious market
title_full_unstemmed Actis: Private equity investments in a capricious market
title_sort actis: private equity investments in a capricious market
publisher Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University
publishDate 2014
url https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/cases_coll_all/79
https://cmp.smu.edu.sg/case/1761
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