Whole Living was a health and lifestyle magazine geared towards "natural health, personal growth, and well-being," a concept the publishers refer to as "whole living." The magazine became a part of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia in August 2004.
16-565: The magazine was originally launched as the New Age Journal in 1974. The magazine was first rebranded as Body+Soul beginning with an edition in early 2002. In 2004, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia acquired the magazine and other publishing assets from Thorne Communications. The magazine became Whole Living in May 2010. Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia announced its intention to cease publication of Whole Living . The final installment
32-408: A financial sponsor ) is an investment management company that provides financial backing and makes investments in the private equity of a startup or of an existing operating company with the end goal to make a profit on its investments. The target companies are generally privately owned entities (not publicly listed ), but it seldomly happens that private equity firms purchase the majority of
48-439: A return on investment through one of the following avenues: Private equity firms characteristically make longer-hold investments in target industry sectors or specific investment areas where they have expertise. Private equity firms and funds differ from hedge fund firms which typically make shorter-term investments in securities and other more liquid assets within an industry sector, with less direct influence or control over
64-450: A mature European private equity market emerged. Private equity companies, acting as general partners with investors as limited partners , acquire a controlling or substantial minority position in a company and then look to maximize the value of that investment. Strategies include leveraged buyout (with borrowed capital), venture capital (for start ups), and growth capital (mature companies). Private equity firms generally receive
80-491: A publicly listed company and delists the firm after the purchase. To complete its investments, a private equity firm will raise funds from large institutional investors, family offices and others pools of capital (eg also other private-equity funds ) which supply the equity . The money raised, often pooled into a fund, will be invested in accordance with one or more specific investment strategies including leveraged buyout , venture capital , and growth capital . Although
96-538: Is a trade association representing Europe's private equity , venture capital and infrastructure sectors, as well as their investors. Formed in 1983 as the European Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (EVCA), it rebranded as Invest Europe on 1 October 2015. Invest Europe contributes to policy affecting private capital investment in Europe, providing information on its members' role in
112-751: Is used by a number of institutions, including the European Investment Fund and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development . Based in Brussels, Invest Europe's chief executive officer is Eric de Montgolfier and the current chair is Klaus Hommels , a German venture capitalist based in Zürich , Switzerland and founder of venture capital firm Lakestar. In February 2019, Invest Europe launched an updated Q&A guide to help private equity firms and investors prepare for
128-561: The bi-monthly Body and Soul or Body & Soul . In 2004, it was bought by Martha Stewart 's Omnimedia , which as of 2009 publishes Body+Soul (presented on its cover as "whole living | body + soul") eight times per year. In 2010, the magazine was relaunched as Whole Living . In 2000, Robert Scheer created the website New Age Journal , which states that " We are not affiliated with any magazines printed on paper. " Its editors included: Private equity firm A private equity firm or private equity company (often described as
144-475: The broader private equity industry two distinct sub-industries, leveraged buyouts and venture capital , grew along parallel tracks. In its early years through to roughly the year 2000, the private equity and venture capital asset firms were primarily active in the United States. With the second private equity boom in the mid-1990s and liberalization of regulation for institutional investors in Europe,
160-797: The economy and publishing research on industry trends and developments. It also publishes a Professional Standards Handbook Archived 22 February 2019 at the Wayback Machine , a comprehensive set of standards and guidelines for the private equity industry. The association hosts annual industry events in Europe, including the Investors' Forum , the Venture Capital Forum and the CFO Forum , as well as coordinating Invest Week in Brussels, which brings together investors, entrepreneurs and policymakers. Invest Europe's data
176-412: The industry has developed and matured substantially since it was invented, there has been criticism of private equity firms because they have pocketed huge and controversial profits while stalking ever larger acquisition targets. The history of private equity firms has occurred through a series of boom-and-bust cycles since the middle of the 20th century with significant growth since the 1980s. Within
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#1732801576393192-805: The operations of a specific company. Where private equity firms take on operational roles to manage risks and achieve growth through long-term investments, hedge funds more frequently act as short-term traders betting on the up or down sides of a business or of an industry sector's financial health. According to Private Equity International 's PEI 300 ranking, the largest private equity firms include The Blackstone Group , Kohlberg Kravis Roberts , EQT AB , Thoma Bravo , The Carlyle Group , TPG Capital , Advent International , Hg , General Atlantic , Warburg Pincus , Silver Lake , Goldman Sachs Principal Investment Group and Bain Capital . These firms are typically direct investors in companies rather than investors in
208-454: The period's " New Age "; it has been succeeded, in turn, by Body & Soul . It described itself around the late 1990s as concerned with "achievement, commitment, health, creative living, and holistic nutrition". It was founded in 1974 by Peggy Taylor and other editors of East/West Journal , and based in the Boston metropolitan area . Under new editorship, it was "relaunched" in 2002 as
224-577: The private equity asset class, and for the most part the largest private equity investment firms focused primarily on leveraged buyouts rather than venture capital . Preqin ltd (formerly known as Private Equity Intelligence), an independent data provider, provides a ranking of the 25 largest private equity investment managers . Among the largest firms in that ranking were AlpInvest Partners , Ardian (formerly AXA Private Equity), AIG Investments , Goldman Sachs Private Equity Group, and Pantheon Ventures . Because private equity firms are continuously in
240-521: The process of raising, investing, and distributing their private equity funds, capital raised can often be the easiest metric to measure. Other metrics can include the total value of companies purchased by a firm or an estimate of the size of a firm's active portfolio plus capital available for new investments. As with any list that focuses on size, the list referenced above does not provide any indication as to relative investment performance of these funds or managers. Invest Europe Invest Europe
256-554: Was the January/February 2013 issue. A $ 2.5 million offer to buy the title from private equity firm OpenGate Capital fell through and no other buyers appeared. The content from Whole Living was included in Martha Stewart Living . New Age Journal , or New Age: The Journal for Holistic Living was an American periodical prominent in the late 20th century, and defining itself as covering topics related to
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