Abstract
Private equity (PE) is a sector of the financial industry that stands out due to the fast growth of the assets allocated to it. It has evolved from a ‘cottage industry’ [Cornelius et al., 2011, p. 12] to an asset class over a period of forty years [Sensoy, Wang and Weisbach, 2013]. Some professionals have experienced this transformation over the course of their career [Perkins, 2007; Brooke and Penrice, 2009; Draper, 2011].
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Demaria, C. (2015). Introduction. In: Private Equity Fund Investments. Global Financial Markets. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137400390_1
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