The Pulse of Private Equity – 5/27/2019

Public firms have always been busier

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We mentioned last week that the flagship funds of public PE firms are now bigger than they were pre-crisis, while the same (mostly) can’t be said for private firms. The cynic might point out the obvious, that public firms are incentivized to raise more money because higher management fees help their stock prices.