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Over the last decade, the private equity (PE) industry, primarily venture capital and leveraged buyout investments, has matured massively. Consequently, public interest towards that particular asset class has increased rapidly. This study seeks to empirically assess the determinants of private equity funds´ (PEF) performance around the world. The study comprises a panel data of 103 publicly traded PEFs globally for the period of 2007-2013. Generalized Least Squares (GLS) technique is employed to regress the explanatory variables. The objective is accentuated on the major contributing factors that make a PEF successful.

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Murugessen Candasamy is a Corporate Finance Consultant at KPMG Mauritius in the Advisory Department. He previously worked at MCB Capital Partners, the Private Equity wing of the Mauritius Commercial Bank. Murugessen holds a first class honours in Banking & Investment from the University of Mauritius.

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