RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Measuring Liquidity Premiums for Illiquid Assets JF The Journal of Alternative Investments FD Institutional Investor Journals SP 39 OP 50 DO 10.3905/jai.2017.20.2.039 VO 20 IS 2 A1 Mark Anson YR 2017 UL https://pm-research.com/content/20/2/39.abstract AB Private assets, such as private equity, venture capital, and real estate, have long been a thorn in the side of asset allocators and chief investment officers. Their lack of liquidity makes it hard to analyze their return stream and to construct a performance attribution. The illiquid nature of these assets often leads to misspecification and estimation of the systematic risk embedded in their returns and the true amount of alpha generated by these managers.TOPICS: Real assets/alternative investments/private equity, manager selection, performance measurement