Do Private Equity Fund Managers Earn Their Fees? Compensation, Ownership, and Cash Flow Performance

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
David T. Robinson ◽  
Berk A. Sensoy
Keyword(s):  
Cash Flow ◽  
Private Equity ◽  
Equity Fund ◽  
Private Equity Fund ◽  
Fund Managers

Measuring Private Equity Performance

2020 ◽  
pp. 107-134
Author(s):  
John Gilligan ◽  
Mike Wright
Keyword(s):  
Cash Flow ◽  
Private Equity ◽  
Cash Flows ◽  
Rate Of Return ◽  
Internal Rate Of Return ◽  
Equity Fund ◽  
Private Equity Fund ◽  
Fund Managers ◽  
Net Returns ◽  
Over Time

This chapter explains how to measure private equity performance. One of the key distinctions to be focused on is the gross versus net performance of a fund or investor. Gross returns are the returns earned by the private equity fund before fees are paid to the manager. Meanwhile, net returns are the returns earned by the investors in the fund after the fees of the manager have been deducted. Various measures are applied to monitor and adjust for the timing differences between total return and receipt of cash flows. DPI measures distribution as a percentage of paid-in capital, while TVPI measures total value as a percentage of paid-in capital. However, the most commonly used measure is the Internal Rate of Return (IRR). IRR is a cash flow measure that allows for the timing of cash flows. The chapter then highlights the importance of understanding both the overall industry returns and their variance and volatility over time. The variation in returns between the most successful and least successful fund managers is a key statistic to understand the performance and risks of the industry.

The SEC turns up the heat on private equity expense allocations

2016 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 35-38
Author(s):  
Samuel Lieberman ◽  
John T. Araneo
Keyword(s):  
Financial Services ◽  
Private Equity ◽  
Equity Fund ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Private Equity Fund ◽  
Fund Managers ◽  
Compliance Programs ◽  
Raising Awareness ◽  
The Us ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose To discuss the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC’s”) increasing focus on disclosure and conflict-of-interest problems arising from how private equity fund (“PE Fund”) managers allocate expenses between management and fund investors. Design/methodology/approach This article summarizes the background of this focus on expense allocations and, drawing from the recent SEC enforcement actions focused on this issue, and identifies the types of both expenses and disclosures that have caught SEC attention. Findings After spending the first two or three years post Dodd-Frank raising awareness of these issues, the SEC has begun to impose large fines over expense-allocation conflicts and disclosure issues. Practical implications It is imperative for PE Fund managers to retain counsel to review their fund offering documents, expense allocation practices, and compliance programs to ensure consistency with the SEC’s recent decisions on these issues. Originality/value Practical guidance from experienced financial services lawyers.

Private equity fund managers do not overvalue their company investments

2007 ◽  
pp. 157-169
Author(s):  
Tom Weidig ◽  
Andreas Kemmerer ◽  
Tadeusz Lutoborsk ◽  
Mark Wahrenburg
Keyword(s):  
Private Equity ◽  
Equity Fund ◽  
Private Equity Fund ◽  
Fund Managers

The Private Equity Market

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-39
Author(s):  
John Gilligan ◽  
Mike Wright
Keyword(s):  
Private Equity ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Equity Market ◽  
Capital Investments ◽  
Risk Capital ◽  
Equity Fund ◽  
Public Markets ◽  
Private Equity Fund ◽  
Fund Managers ◽  
Equity Funds

This chapter defines private equity, describes the origins of the private equity market, and examines the data on the size and growth of the private equity industry. Private equity is risk capital provided outside the public markets. The businesses invested in by private equity range from early stage ventures, usually termed venture capital investments, through businesses requiring growth or development capital to the purchase of an established business in a management buyout or buy-in. Much, but not all, of the investing done in the private equity market is by private equity funds. The objective of a private equity fund is to invest equity or risk capital in a portfolio of private companies which are identified and researched by the private equity fund managers. The chapter then considers what private equity fund managers do. It also provides a brief history of private equity before assessing how big the private equity market is.

Private Equity Fund Performance and Persistency by Fund Type

2014 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 531-564
Author(s):  
IK Song ◽  
Ji Eun Kang ◽  
Chang Hyun Yun
Keyword(s):  
Private Equity ◽  
Fund Performance ◽  
Equity Fund ◽  
Private Equity Fund ◽  
Fund Managers ◽  
Stock Market Performance ◽  
Equity Funds ◽  
Performance Persistency ◽  
Private Equity Funds ◽  
Fund Size

This study investigates the private equity funds’ performances and persistence by fund type. Diversification benefit exists between public equity and private equity and among different types of private equity funds. The net IRR of private equity funds depends on fund type, economic growth, stock market performance, inflation and interest rate. Fund performance was negatively correlated with capital inflow to private equity market and fund size. Fund size and series are positively correlated. Performance persistency exists in private equity fund managers. Fund type is very important factor in analyzing private equity fund performance and persistency.

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