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Performance of Buyout Funds Revisited?

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  • Ludovic Phalippou

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This article shows that publicly available data on buyout fund returns are sufficient to replicate the recent findings derived from superior but proprietary datasets. The average buyout fund outperforms the S&P 500. However, this study shows that buyout funds mainly invest in small and value companies; and the average buyout fund return is similar to that of small-cap indices and that of the oldest small-cap passive mutual fund ("DFA micro-cap"). If the benchmark is changed to small and value indices, and is levered up, the average buyout fund underperforms by 3.1% p.a.

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  • Ludovic Phalippou, 2014. "Performance of Buyout Funds Revisited?," Review of Finance, European Finance Association, vol. 18(1), pages 189-218.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:revfin:v:18:y:2014:i:1:p:189-218.
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