A Bottom-Up Approach to the Risk-Adjusted Performance of the Buyout Fund Market
使用Burgiss数据集研究私募股权收购基金绩效，发现风险调整前显著跑赢市场，但自下而上调整风险后，按美元加权计算并无显著超额收益，不过仍对机构投资者有价值。
We use the Burgiss dataset to study private equity buyout fund performance. Our findings on performance before risk adjustments are consistent with those in the literature and indicate significant outperformance of buyout fund investments. Using a bottom-up approach, we identify the systematic risks of underlying companies in buyout funds to inform an appropriate risk-adjusted benchmark, which we determine to be a levered size- and sector-adjusted public index. After making these risk adjustments, we find no significant outperformance of buyout fund investments versus the public market equivalent on a dollar-weighted basis. We contend that even without significant risk-adjusted outperformance, buyout funds can play a valuable role in institutional investors’ portfolios.