Submitted by Oliver Sleczka (oliver.sleczka@student.unisg.ch) on 2017-12-11T13:34:22Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Performance of Private Equity Funds in Emerging Markets_MPGI Dissertation_2017.pdf: 1511526 bytes, checksum: 5880b1437aa5a15cc2e08f09ac374e4a (MD5) / Rejected by Josineide da Silva Santos Locatelli (josineide.locatelli@fgv.br), reason: Dear Oliver, There are some corrections to do on your thesis, please, see below: The title is different: PERFORMANCE OF PRIVATE EQUITY FUNDS IN EMERGING MARKETS An Empirical Analysis We have: PERFORMANCE OF PRIVATE EQUITY FUNDS IN EMERGING MARKETS - A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS Page 2: In “Knowledge Field”, must to be your advisor field: Economia e Finanças Internacionais; Page 4: In “Knowledge Field”, must to be your advisor field: Economia e Finanças Internacionais, in “Approval Date” put your presentation date; Page 5: “ACKNOWLEDGMENT” must to be on the middle of the page; After correction, please, post it again on 2017-12-11T14:24:20Z (GMT) / Submitted by Oliver Sleczka (oliver.sleczka@student.unisg.ch) on 2017-12-11T17:40:14Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Performance of Private Equity Funds in Emerging Markets_MPGI Dissertation_2017.pdf: 1511283 bytes, checksum: 77cd6246c673012b4ee5c97c532f3274 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Josineide da Silva Santos Locatelli (josineide.locatelli@fgv.br) on 2017-12-11T17:46:14Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 Performance of Private Equity Funds in Emerging Markets_MPGI Dissertation_2017.pdf: 1511283 bytes, checksum: 77cd6246c673012b4ee5c97c532f3274 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-12-11T17:50:20Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Performance of Private Equity Funds in Emerging Markets_MPGI Dissertation_2017.pdf: 1511283 bytes, checksum: 77cd6246c673012b4ee5c97c532f3274 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017 / This paper investigates the performance of private equity funds in emerging markets based on data of individual fund level returns from 1995 to 2013 obtained from Preqin. The research focus of this thesis lies on performance drivers and return persistence. The analysis is divided in two parts. The first part investigates the relationship between fund performance and fund characteristics focusing on the GP location, the investment focus, as well as the fund size, sequence number, and GP experience. The key objective is to determine significant emerging market-specific performance factors. Our results suggest that funds with a clear geographic investment focus earn significantly higher returns. The second part aims to find evidence for persistence in the performance of emerging market private equity funds. The findings corroborate the hypothesis that unlike in developed markets, performance persistence still exists in emerging markets. / Esta tese investiga o desempenho de fundos de private equity em mercados emergentes, com base em dados de retorno a nível individual dos fundos de 1995 a 2013, obtidos por meio da base de dados Preqin. O foco de pesquisa desta tese é nos drivers de performance e persistência de retornos. A análise é dividida em duas partes. A primeira parte investiga a relação entre a performance e características do fundo, com foco na localização do administrador (GP), foco do investimento, assim como o tamanho do fundo, número de sequência do fundo, e experiência do GP. O principal objetivo é determinar fatores de performance significativos específicos de mercados emergentes. Os resultados sugerem que fundos com um claro foco geográfico de investimentos obtém retornos significativamente mais altos. A segunda parte visa encontrar evidências de persistência na performance de fundos de private equity de mercados emergentes. Os achados corroboram a hipótese de que, diferentemente de mercados desenvolvidos, persistência de performance ainda existe em mercados emergentes.