This paper presents a general overview of the European Private Equity (PE) market as of September 2009, based on industry activity data published by the European Venture Capital Association (EVCA) in November 2009 and the latest performance data published by Thomson Reuters Venture Xpert as of...

Private Equity has been around for a number of decades but its sustainability as a model of business organization is often questioned, as its existence and functionality appears to have been inevitably tied to peculiar economic conditions. Though we never quite witnessed the eclipse of the...

Private Equity has been around for a number of decades but its sustainability as a model of business organization is often questioned, as its existence and functionality appears to have been inevitably tied to peculiar economic conditions. Though we never quite witnessed the eclipse of the...

This paper relies on a unique dataset of more than 4,700 businesses acquired in a buyout or similar transaction between 2000 and 2009 to estimate the default rate of private equity-backed companies during the "Great Recession" of 2008-2009. The paper finds that the default rate of private...

Performance of Private Equity-Backed IPOs. Evidence from the UK after the financial crisis -- Summary -- Contents -- Index of Figures -- Index of Tables -- Nomenclature -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1. Background -- 1.2. Research Aim and Objective -- 1.3. Relevance and Research Contribution -- 2....