This is the first empirical paper investigating a comprehensive sample of listed(i.e. publicly traded) private equity companies, covering 287 companies in thetime period 1986 to 2003. After imposing liquidity constraints, and aftercorrecting for non-surviving vehicles, we get a sample of 114...

This is the first empirical paper investigating a comprehensive sample of listed (i.e. publicly traded) private equity companies, covering 287 companies in the time period 1986 to 2003. After imposing liquidity constraints, and after correcting for non-surviving vehicles, we get a sample of 114...

...After imposing liquidity constraints, and after correcting for non-surviving vehicles, we get a sample of 114 instruments. The risk and return characteristics of three portfolio strategies, two partially rebalanced and one fully rebalanced, are compared.

This is the first empirical paper investigating a comprehensive sample of listed (i.e. publicly traded) private equity companies, covering 287 companies in the time period 1986 to 2003. After imposing liquidity constraints, and after correcting for non-surviving vehicles, we get a sample of 114...