Private equity funds for Foreign Direct Investment

Abstract

In the article, the author examines private equity funds as the possibility to conduct investment operations on foreign markets and underline the diff erence between this form of foreign direct investment and venture investment. Forms and features of private equity investments are considered: to launch a new business; at the initial stage of the operation of the enterprise (in fact, venture capital investment); to develop and improve the activities of the enterprise with a minority participation in its capital (not giving the right to control); to purchase a controlling stake with a view to restructuring the company.