Problemstellung und Gang der Untersuchung -- Begriffe und Methoden -- Fondsgebundene Lebensversicherungen -- Private Equity -- Auflageort -- Modellvorschlag für mit Private Equity unterlegte Fondsgebundene Lebensversicherungen -- Vermarktung des LPX-Fonds in der Fondsgebundenen...

In Asia, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) account for a major share of employment and dominate the economy. Asian economies are often characterized as having bank-dominated financial systems and underdeveloped capital markets, in particular venture capital markets. Hence, looking for...

This paper is the first systematic analysis of the impact of diversification on the performance of private equity funds. A unique data set allows the exact evaluation of diversification across the dimensions financing stages, industries, and countries. Very different levels of diversification...

Using fund-, firm- and bank-level data we investigate the investments of private equity (PE) funds in the north-western regions of Italy. Both the private equity fund managers and the PE investments are heavily concentrated in this most developed area of the country. The average size of the...