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Private equity performance under extreme regulation
Cumming, Douglas; Zambelli, Simona - In: Journal of Banking & Finance 37 (2013) 5, pp. 1508-1523
This study investigates the impact of excessive regulation on private equity (PE) returns and firm performance. History … shows that extreme regulation and prohibition reduce the supply of capital and raise returns (e.g., as with drugs and … diamonds). However, for value-added investors such as PE funds, extreme regulation also reduces the quality of capital and fund …
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The Role of Corruption, Culture, and Law in Investment Fund Manager Fees
Najar, Dorra; Johan, Sofia - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2011
This article considers an international sample of venture capital and private equity funds to assess the role of law, corruption, and culture in setting fund manager fees. With better legal conditions, fixed fees are lower, carried interest fees are higher, clawbacks are less likely, and share...
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The Role of Law Corruption and Culture in Investment Fund Manager Fees
Johan, Sofia; Najar, Dorra - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2011
This paper considers an international sample of venture capital and private equity funds to assess the role of law, corruption and culture in setting fund manager fees in terms of their fixed management fees, carried interest performance fees, clawbacks of fees and cash versus share...
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Non-bank finance for firms. The role of private equity funds in north-western Italy
Coin, Daniele; Vacca, Valerio - European Regional Science Association - 2014
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...
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Performance benefits of tight control
Gill, Andrej; Visnjic, Nikolai - Research Center SAFE (Sustainable Architecture for … - 2013
This study investigates the transition from being a listed company with a dispersed ownership structure to being a privately held company with a concentrated ownership structure. We consider a sample of private equity backed portfolio companies to evaluate the consequences of the corporate...
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Insight private equity
Gill, Andrej; Visnjic, Nikolai - Research Center SAFE (Sustainable Architecture for … - 2013
We are able to shed light on the black box of restructuring tools private equity investors use to improve the operational performance of their portfolio companies. By building on previous work considering performance evaluation of PE backed companies, we analyze whether private equity improves...
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The disintermediation of financial markets: Direct investing in private equity
Fang, Lily; Ivashina, Victoria; Lerner, Josh - In: Journal of Financial Economics 116 (2015) 1, pp. 160-178
We examine 20 years of direct private equity investments by seven large institutions. These direct investments perform better than public market indices, especially buyout investments and those made in the 1990s. Outperformance by the direct investments, however, relative to the corresponding...
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International allocation determinants of institutional investments in venture capital and private equity limited partnerships
Groh, Alexander P.; Liechtenstein, Heinrich; Canela, … - IESE Business School, Universidad de Navarra - 2008
We examine the determinants of institutional investors when deciding on international capital allocation in Venture Capital and Private Equity Limited Partnerships; this is done through a questionnaire addressed to (potential) Limited Partners world-wide. The respondents provide information...
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Development of the Hungarian Venture Capital and Private Equity Industry over the Past Two Decades
Karsai, Judit - Közgazdaság-tudományi Intézet, Közgazdaság- és … - 2012
In Hungary, the previously non-existing venture capital and private equity industry has strengthened over the past two decades, and it has become one of the leaders of the CEE region. Approximately 90% of the capital allocated to investments overall were raised from private sector investors. The...
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Initial public offerings and listing costs: is there a difference between venture and non venture capital Ipos?
Meles, Antonio - In: BANCARIA 10 (2009) October
Are private equity investors able to reduce the overall costs of going public? This hypothesis was tested, for the Italian market, on a sample of 155 Ipos (54 Vb and 101 Nvb) during the period 1999-2007. For each company we estimated the direct and indirect costs of listing. The main results are...
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