Setting up a monitoring system in private equity
This edition of Frontline uses eFront Insight data to see whether the deployment of some simple automated triggers, based on …
Aug 01, 2019
A detailed analysis of venture capital funds globally shows that Chinese funds of vintage years 1997-2018 have delivered returns of 1.79x (total value to paid-in), comparing favourably with US funds on 1.70x and and Western European vehicles on 1.75x.
In addition, the research shows that Chinese funds take longer to reach maturity and have demonstrated longer hold periods for investments. In terms of time to liquidity, Chinese funds average close to 5.5 years, while US and Western European funds have a time to liquidity of under 5 years. The same is true for the global average.
Aug 01, 2019
Setting up a monitoring system in private equity
This edition of Frontline uses eFront Insight data to see whether the deployment of some simple automated triggers, based on …
Jul 18, 2019
Returns, risks and liquidity of VC Funds in Q1 2019
Active venture capital funds made a very impressive closure of 2018, far exceeding historical averages. These high last-quarter returns remain …
Jul 11, 2019
Are preferred rates of return a real hurdle?
Most hurdle rates featured in private equity funds are set at 8% of internal rate of return. Although the origin …