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1. 1. Can Private Equity Create Value

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Richard Olsson; Jovanovic Alexander; [2013]
   Keywords : Business and Economics;

   Abstract : This thesis proposes an alternative way of comparing the performance of private equity funds and testing if they through active involvement can increase the value of their investments. Resent studies has shown that the true performance of Private Equity funds are about the same as the markets return so by measuring the performance of the companies that most resemble the private equity firms actual targets, we should be able to see if private equity funds actually create value, or, if they are simply picking targets from the right “pond”. READ MORE