This article examines the impact of private equity (PE) fund-level dynamics on the PE fund's general partner's (GP) divestment decisions and whether these decisions are to the detriment of the PE fund's limited partners, indicating a moral hazard problem. We use a unique sample of 1,112 buyout...

Purpose – While secondary buyouts have gained in importance in recent years, specific drivers of value creation of this type of private equity deal are not yet well understood. Through the in-depth analysis of the acquisition of Brenntag by BC Partners, we develop propositions on the value...

The sale of a company, where both buyer and seller are private equity funds, is commonly known as a secondary buyout. While the empirical evaluation of value creation and its drivers on deal level has been one of the focus areas of private equity research, this paper presents a specific analysis...

This paper analyses whether secondary buyouts have a value creation profile and offer equity returns different to that of primary buyouts. Using a sample of 2,456 buyout transactions (including 448 secondary buyouts), we find no evidence that secondary buyouts generate lower equity returns or...

Most of the existing research on value creation drivers in private equity buyouts is restricted to the US and the UK, whereas continental European countries are not included. In addition, most of the generally applied methods for measuring the importance of different value creation drivers do...

Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to identify specific drivers of value creation in secondary buyouts. While this type of private equity deal has risen in importance in recent years, it is not yet well understood. Through an in-depth analysis of the acquisition of Brenntag by BC Partners,...