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    Vintage Year in Private Equity: Why Entry Timing Explains Most of Your Returns
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    Vintage Year in Private Equity: Why Entry Timing Explains Most of Your Returns

    The year a private equity fund deploys capital, its vintage year, explains roughly 70% of that fund's long-run performance variance. Funds that entered the market in 2001 and 2009 posted median net...

    Jeff Barnes, MBA·Jun 20, 2026·12 min read
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