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Steering clear of private equity's bottom quartile funds

By Simon Osborne | 9 May 2008
Keywords: invesco

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Kelvin Liu of Invesco's fund of private equity fund unit gives a few tips on how to find a good manager.

Asian investors sometimes get into private equity thinking that they are likely to hit the jackpot. Often they end up disappointed after the markets crest, and they find their funds are among the outliers and underperformers. That’s often enough to put off their investment committees from future private equity investment.

We spoke to Kelvin Liu, principal at Invesco Private Capital, who handles their private equity fund of funds focusing on asset allocation. The firm currently manages $4 billion within a series of global funds of funds. He is based in San Francisco and is visiting ...

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