Practical Applications of The Returns of Private Equity Funds: A Swiss Perspective

• DOI: 10.3905/pa.5.3.244
• Publication Date: 2017-12-12T01:50:15Z
• Authors: Daniel Steger
• Keywords: CLARITY; Equity

<h3>Practical Applications Summary</h3> <b>Daniel Steger</b>, of <b>EIC Partners AG</b> in Zurich provides new research on private equity funds that will be interest to both academics and practitioners. Building a unique database from detailed fund-level information, he seeks bring clarity fund returns absolute terms relative the public markets. Steger finds PE tend outperform markets, but because results are heterogeneous, investors’ vary widely by type they choose, benchmarks used measure funds.