Reliability and relevance of fair values: private equity investments and investee fundamentals

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Ferreira, Petrus H.; Kraussl, Roman; Landsman, Wayne R.; Borysoff, Maria Nykyforovych; Pope, Peter F.
• 署名单位: University of North Carolina; University of North Carolina Chapel Hill; Stanford University; Stanford University; George Mason University; Bocconi University
• 刊物名称: REVIEW OF ACCOUNTING STUDIES
• ISSN/ISSBN: 1380-6653
• DOI: 10.1007/s11142-019-09509-9
• 发表日期: 2019
• 页码: 1427-1449
• 关键词: information; valuation; assets

摘要

We directly test the reliability and relevance of investee fair values reported by listed private equity funds (LPEs). In our setting, disaggregated fair value measurements are observable for funds' investees; and investee accounting fundamentals are also publicly disclosed. We find that LPE fair value measurements reflect equity book value and net income in a manner consistent with stock market pricing of listed companies. However, LPE fair value measurements appear to distinguish between Level 1 and Level 3 inputs - they reflect investee net income to a lesser extent for Level 3 inputs. Further evidence based on the stock market pricing of LPE funds indicates that the discretion exercised by LPE fund managers when determining investee valuations is perceived as reliable.