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THE PERFORMANCE OF PRIVATE EQUITY

THE PERFORMANCE OF PRIVATE EQUITY

By Higson C, Stucke R
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Date Released: 16/02/2012
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This paper provides conclusive evidence on the performance of private equity, using a high quality dataset of fund cash flows is that is reasonably complete in U.S. buyout funds. The paper was first presented at a Coller Institute Exclusive on 13 February 2012.

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pkaneiv 22 February 2012, 23:42 Report Abuse

It would be interesting to see how commentators on this paper address the leverage issue both in the leveraging of returns which are then compared to unlevered S&P and the tax subsidy resulting from high debt loads.

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