socially responsible investment, international institutional investment, private equity,

The term private equity typically includes investments in venture capital or growth investment, as well as late stage, mezzanine, turnaround (distressed), and buyout investments. It typically refers to the asset class of equity securities in companies that are not publicly traded on a stock exchange. However, private equity funds do in fact make investments in publicly held companies, and some private equity funds are even publicly listed. Articles in this volume cover both private and public company investments, as well as private and publicly listed private equity funds. This publication provides a comprehensive picture of the issues surrounding the structure, governance, and performance of private equity. It comprises contributions from forty-one authors based in fourteen different countries, and is organized into seven parts, the first of which covers the topics pertaining to the structure of private equity funds. Part II deals with the performance and governance of leveraged buyouts. Part III analyzes club deals in private equity, otherwise referred to as syndicated investments with multiple investors per investees. Part IV provides analyses of the real effects of private equity. Part V considers the financial effects of private equity. Part VI provides analyzes of listed private equity. Finally, Part VII provides international perspectives on private equity.

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This article discusses fund size, limited attention, and the valuation of venture capital- and private equity-backed firms. It determines that decreasing performance and distorted valuations are associated with larger private equity funds, and determine that these effects are due to the limited attention of fund managers. Some of the concepts discussed in this article include ordinary least squares (OLS) regressions and portfolio companies. It also shows that the most reputable private equities pay a lower price for portfolio companies of similar quality and that fund size and valuations of portfolio companies have a convex relationship. A relevant positive association between limited attention and valuation is also noted. This article concludes that fund size is generally positively associated with the negotiation power of private equity.