The Performance of Private Equity Funds
The performance of private equity funds as reported by industry associations and previous research is overstated. A large part of performance is driven by inflated accounting valuation of ongoing investments and we find a bias toward better performing funds in the data. We find an average net-of-fees fund performance of 3% per year below that of the S&P 500. Adjusting for risk brings the underperformance to 6% per year. We estimate fees to be 6% per year. We discuss several misleading aspects of performance reporting and some side benefits as a first step toward an explanation. The Author 2008. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The Society for Financial Studies. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org., Oxford University Press.
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2009
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Authors: | Phalippou, Ludovic ; Gottschalg, Oliver |
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Review of Financial Studies. - Society for Financial Studies - SFS. - Vol. 22.2009, 4, p. 1747-1776
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Society for Financial Studies - SFS |
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