Stranded Capital, Fire Sales Or….

I wrote in my previous post that actual durations of PE funds are longer than those that are the perceived industry standards. The 14-year number reported in the headline of an article of a recognised magazine is a different thing, but it ties well and allows some reasoning about LP extensions, fire sales and the possible rational alternatives for investors.

Fooled by IRRs (Yale, Schwarzman’s Cases)

“Everyone loves an optical illusion, except when it comes to financial results (1)”. Yet the private markets are not immune from optical illusion risks.

Fair Value, DaRC Transparency

A recent article from the Private Equity Manager’s Daily Digest titled “When is fair value not fair value?” provides interesting and sharable comments about the decision taken by the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) to create a task force and deliver more granular rules for “valuing hard-to-price non-quoted companies”.

The DaRC Side of the J-Curve

It’s not a “J”, it’s an “S”!  Coming out from the DaRC Room, that’s what the picture is telling!

Volatility Inhibits PME’s Meaningfulness

A recent post that summarises most of the history of the post-IRR performance calculation and valuation methodologies for the private capital industry has been written by Mr. Jesse Reyes, widely regarded as one of the leading experts of the field.

Use the DaRC Room, Ye Who Venture Here

A very interesting post from Dan McCrum on the FT Alphaville blog, attractively titled “Abandon all hope, ye who venture here” unearths some truths, (is misled by and) fosters some consolidated misperceptions while opening up for some comments – a couple of which I made at the bottom of the post.