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 can be observed across sample funds. While some funds are highly specialized …

The paper examines how loan portfolio diversification drives bank returns, mainly focusing on the conditioning roles of … increased sectoral loan portfolio diversification reduces bank returns, but not all banks are equally affected. Banks that … adopted a business model towards non-interest activities are hurt less from loan portfolio diversification, and bank market …

diversification is not an easy task as it is impacted by a huge number of different factors: the way systematic risk is measured, the … of the asset features, the model adopted to measure diversification (i.e., equally weighted versus optimal allocation …

This paper studies the relationship between portfolio diversification and fund performance, based on an unexplored …, which allows measuring the concentration of the fund portfolios towards individual companies, industrial, and geographical … focus. Our results suggest that diversification within, but not across industries, associates with higher buyout fund …