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Private Equity Performance: Returns, Persistence and Capital Flows

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dc.creator Kaplan, Steve
dc.creator Schoar, Antoinette
dc.date 2004-03-05T20:33:04Z
dc.date 2004-03-05T20:33:04Z
dc.date 2004-03-05T20:33:04Z
dc.date.accessioned 2013-10-09T02:37:24Z
dc.date.available 2013-10-09T02:37:24Z
dc.date.issued 2013-10-09
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/5050
dc.identifier.uri http://koha.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/1721
dc.description This paper investigates the performance of private equity partnerships using a data set of individual fund returns collected by Venture Economics. Over the sample period, average fund returns net of fees approximately equal the S&P 500 although there is a large degree of heterogeneity among fund returns. Returns persist strongly across funds raised by individual private equity partnerships. The returns also improve with partnership experience. Better performing funds are more likely to raise follow-on funds and raise larger funds than funds that perform poorly. This relationship is concave so that top performing funds do not grow proportionally as much as the average fund in the market. At the industry level, we show that market entry in the private equity industry is cyclical. Funds (and partnerships) started in boom times are less likely to raise follow-on funds, suggesting that these funds subsequently perform worse. Aggregate industry returns are lower following a boom, but most of this effect is driven by the poor performance of new entrants, while the returns of established funds are much less affected by these industry cycles. Several of these results differ markedly from those for mutual funds.
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dc.language en_US
dc.relation MIT Sloan School of Management Working Paper;4446-03
dc.subject private equity partnerships
dc.subject fund returns
dc.title Private Equity Performance: Returns, Persistence and Capital Flows
dc.type Working Paper


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