The focus on distributions stems in part from the experience of investors during the financial crisis. Portfolio markdowns didn’t always keep pace with market reality in those dark days; that led many ...

The Internal Rate of Return (IRR) has several well documented issues but remains the most commonly used measure of private market performance. One of the most commonly cited issues relates to how ...

Calculating the equity of a publicly traded company is helpful to investors and investment advisors. Calculating the equity of a small business is helpful to owners for multiple reasons and can open ...

Funds formerly off limits to ordinary investors are being introduced to 401(k)s. The private equity industry says these funds can help savers generate higher returns. The industry's methods for ...

See footnote 2 below for additional information regarding the calculation of net equity multiple. 2 IRR calculation represents an equity-weighted average annualized internal rate of return (IRR) for ...

Investors have been pouring money into private equity for years chasing outsized returns — even though many allocators believe that widely used performance measures stink. Institutions are questioning ...