Download This PaperPrivate Equity Indices Based on Secondary Market Transactions
Fisher College of Business Working Paper No. 2018-03-021
Charles A. Dice Center Working Paper No. 2018-21
55 Pages Posted: 25 Oct 2018 Last revised: 14 Sep 2019
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Private Equity Indices Based on Secondary Market Transactions
Private Equity Indices Based on Secondary Market Transactions
Date Written: September 11, 2019
Abstract
We propose a new approach to evaluating the performance of private equity investments using actual prices paid for LP shares of funds transacted in secondary markets. Our transaction-based indices exhibit substantially higher CAPM betas and lower alphas than NAV-based indices even after adjusting for staleness in NAVs. Our indices load on an additional funding liquidity factor that is uncorrelated with NAV-based index returns. In comparison, a listed PE index exhibits similar loadings on the market and funding liquidity factor as our indices, but significantly lower average returns. Our indices are useful for quarter-to-quarter benchmarking and valuing illiquid stakes in funds.
Keywords: Private Equity, Secondary Market for Private Equity Funds, Market Index
JEL Classification: G11, G23, G24
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Michael S. Weisbach (Contact Author)
Ohio State University (OSU) - Department of Finance ( email )
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