Long-term value creation of private equity firms with evidence from the Nordic countries

This paper aims to study the long-term value creation of Private Equity firms by comparing their after performance utilizing the post IPO performance of PE-backed vis-à-vis non-backed IPOs in the Nordic countries (Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland and Iceland), from 2001 to 2016. Moreover, this paper...

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Main Author: Branding, Alexander
Other Authors: Pinho, Paulo Soares de, Iania, Leonardo, Gregoire, Philippe
Format: Master Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2018
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10362/53049
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Summary:This paper aims to study the long-term value creation of Private Equity firms by comparing their after performance utilizing the post IPO performance of PE-backed vis-à-vis non-backed IPOs in the Nordic countries (Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland and Iceland), from 2001 to 2016. Moreover, this paper aims to analyse whether certain PE-related firm characteristics drive stock performance and if there is any sizable difference relative to non-backed firms.