Private equity (PE) represents the acquisition of stakes in non-listed companies, often long-
term, with the objective of improving the performance and value of the company to obtain …

This article investigates factors driving abnormal returns in private equity funds in India from
2007 to 2012. We find that skill factors such as type of exit route, holding period, size of …

Investors often behave in puzzling ways. In this paper, we develop a theory that implies
“unusual” investor behaviors in a market equilibrium with heterogeneous investors. The …

This article investigates factors driving abnormal returns in private equity funds in India from
2007 to 2012. We find that skill factors such as type of exit route, holding period, size of …

One of the major difficulties in evaluating private equity investments is developing data and
meaningful tools that are like those that are commonly used in creating metrics for today's …

This exploratory research paper, primarily based on secondary literature reviews, analyses
the private equity (PE) investment access channels that currently exist for retail investors in …

This paper investigates the performance of private equity funds in emerging markets based
on data of individual fund level returns from 1995 to 2013 obtained from Preqin. The …

” The word'risk'derives from the early Italian risicare, which means' to dare'. In this sense, risk
is a choice rather than a fate. The actions we dare to take, which depend on how free we are …

Stock-market development is an important component of financial sector development, as it
supplements the role of the banking system in economic development. Stock markets assist …

A number of scholars of private equity (“PE”) have sought to assess the performance of PE
firms by adopting an ex-post perspective of asset pricing. In doing so a set of phenomena …