Portfolio Strategies of Private Equity Firms Theory and Evidence /

• Main Author: Lossen, Ulrich (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wiesbaden : DUV, 2007.
• Subjects: Finance.; Public finance.; Economics.; Public Economics.; Finance, general.

Driven by the convergence of international financial public markets, investors around the globe are searching for alternative asset classes which enable diversification of their portfolios while earning attractive returns. Private equity, denominating equity investments in privately held companies,...

Table of Contents:

• Related literature and previous research
• Optimal level of diversification in private equity funds
• Construction of data set and variables
• Choice of portfolio strategies by private equity firms
• Performance of private equity funds: does diversification matter?
• Summary.