How persistent is private equity performance? Evidence from deal-level data

Reiner Braun, Tim Jenkinson and Ingo Stoff

Journal of Financial Economics, 2017, vol. 123, issue 2, 273-291

Abstract: The persistence of returns is a critical issue for investors in their choice of private equity managers. In this paper, we analyse buyout performance persistence in new ways, using a unique database containing cash flow data on 13,523 portfolio company investments by 865 buyout funds. We focus on unique realized deals and find that persistence of fund managers has substantially declined as the private equity sector has matured and become more competitive. Private equity has, therefore, largely conformed to the pattern found in most other asset classes in which past performance is a poor predictor of the future.

Keywords: Private equity; Returns; Performance persistence; Portfolio companies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G11 G23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2016.01.033

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