Assessment of Private Equity Funds` Impact on Perfomance of Acquired Companies

The graduate qualification work explores the impact of private equity funds on acquired companies, evaluating the factors that affect the value and performance. The author conducts an insightful analysis of existing approaches to the research of this problem. The sample is consisted of 1125 observations for the period from 2000th to 2021st year (each observation is two transactions with the same target company as the subject of the deal and with the same buyer/vendor company at the time of the purchase or sale of the target company)Regression analysis is used as the method of research, the author's model is represented. The results show that the fact of private equity ownership, has a positive effect on the companies’ value (increases by 73%). Also, there was concerned the regularity about transactions carried out during the crisis period. It is a favorable factor that contributes to an increase in the value of acquired firm. The fact of cross-border deal (the private equity fund and the company conduct the main activities in different countries), affects the value of the company negatively.