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Can past performance really be a good guide to future performance? This report from the University of Chicago GSB examines the complex relationship between expected and historical returns.

In February 2001, there were three valuation bases for pension liabilities in the UK: statutory, MFR and FRS17. This report by David Blake of the Pensions Institute argues that a single valuation basis for pension liabilities should be developed in a way that ensures pension funds are not discouraged from investing in private equity.

Just because a firm has experience in the M&A sector doesn't mean all its future deals will be successful. This INSEAD report looks at the correlation between past and future performance.

Returns to private equity are in some cases two to three percentage points lower than the returns on public equity, according to this report conducted at the University of Chicago GSB.

Madison Dearborn Partners has agreed to buy the paper, forest products and timberland assets of US Boise Cascade Corporation for $3.7bn.

KPMG Transaction Services has geared itself up for a jump in restructuring activity in Germany by relocating two partners and 18 managers from its London office.

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Short-term returns of US private equity investments are still deeply in the red, according to figures released by the NVCA and Venture Economics today. One-year private equity returns measured minus 14.6 per cent in the first quarter of this year, a modest improvement on minus 19 per cent recorded in Q4 2001.

The University of Texas Investment Management Company's grand unveiling of private equity fund performance data has simply confirmed in rare detail what has been apparent for some time; recent vintage venture funds look dismal but some of the older funds have generated stellar returns.