Two definitions:

1. Private equity securities investment funds are relative to securities investment funds that are supervised by Chinese government departments and issue beneficiary certificates to unspecified investors. They refer to funds set up by raising funds from a few institutional investors and wealthy individual investors in a private way, and their sales and redemption are carried out by fund managers through private consultations with investors. In this sense, private equity investment funds can also be called funds raised from specific targets.

2. Public offering of funds is supervised by the competent government departments, and securities investment funds that publicly issue beneficiary certificates to unspecified investors have strict supervision and information disclosure.

The difference between the two:

1, the proposed object is different. The target of public offering funds is the general public, that is, investors who are not specific to society. The target of private equity fund is a few specific investors, including institutions and individuals.

2. There are different ways to raise funds. Public Offering of Fund raises funds through public offering, while private equity funds raise funds through non-public offering, which is the main difference between private equity funds and Public Offering of Fund.

3. Information disclosure requirements are different. Public Offering of Fund has very strict requirements on information disclosure, such as its investment objectives and portfolio. Private equity funds have low requirements for information disclosure and strong confidentiality.

4. Different investment restrictions. Public Offering of Fund has strict restrictions on the types of investment, the proportion of investment and the matching between investment and fund types, while the investment restrictions of private equity funds are completely stipulated in the agreement.

5. Different performance rewards. Public Offering of Fund does not extract performance compensation, but only collects management fees. Private equity funds, on the other hand, charge performance compensation and generally do not charge management fees. For Public Offering of Fund, performance is only the honor when ranking, while for private equity funds, performance is the basis of remuneration.

In addition, apart from some basic institutional differences, private equity funds and Public Offering of Fund also have great differences in investment concepts, mechanisms and risk-taking.