LONDON, June 3, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --

Edison Investment Research, a leading international investment research firm, announces the initiation of full coverage of HarbourVest Global Private Equity 

Highlights of the analysis on HarbourVest Global Private Equity by Edison's financial analysts Andrew Mitchell and Gavin Wood include:

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HarbourVest Global Private Equity is a Guernsey-incorporated, London/Amsterdam-listed closed-end investment company that aims to deliver long-term capital appreciation while avoiding undue risk by investing in a portfolio of private equity investments diversified by stage, geography, strategy, and industry. 

HVPE's current discount of nearly 18% compares with a private equity sector average of about 15%, excluding 3i, and c 16% for a subset of fund of fund companies. In view of the company's performance record there would seem to be scope for the discount to narrow. To this end the board maintains a focus on improving the liquidity in the shares and is working on transferring its listing to the London Stock Exchange Main Market with a move to a single, voting share class forming part of this process. 

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