Should You Invest in Private Equity?

How do buyouts, venture capital, and growth equity work? Has private equity outperformed the stock market, and can individual investors pursue these investment strategies?

Topics covered include:

• How are private equity funds structured, and what are the fees
• How is private equity performance measured, and how has it performed
• Why does private equity have such a large dispersion of returns compared to the public stock market
• What is private equity dry powder, and why is there much of it
• What are some ways individuals can invest in private equity and why should they use caution in doing so

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Show Notes

Understanding Private Fund Performance by Kaitlin Hendrix and Mamdouh Medhat—SSRN

What Drives Private-Equity Performance Persistence? New Deal-Level Evidence by Axel Buchner and Susanne Espenlaub and Abdul Mohamed—SSRN

Unlocking the Power of Relationships: Limited Partner Networks and Performance in Private Equity by José Carlos Franco de Abreu Neto and Saito Richard—SSRN

Private equity dry powder growth accelerated in H1 2024 by Dylan Thomas and Annie Sabater—S&P Global

Private Equity Gets Creative to Buy Time for More Gains. Clients Say Pay Me Now by Allison McNeely and Dawn Lim—Bloomberg

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