A notable feature of private equity funds is that fund sponsors and managers must invest their own funds into fund management companies, and the success of fund operation is closely related to their own interests. Judging from the current international practice, fund managers generally hold 3%-5% of the shares of the fund. In case of loss, the shares owned by the manager will be used to pay the participants first. Therefore, the promoters, managers and funds of private equity funds are as close as lips and teeth, and honor and disgrace are integrated with the interests of * * * *, which also solves the inherent weakness of managers' interests and incentive mechanism in Public Offering of Fund to some extent.
A fund manager refers to a fund management company. Therefore, private equity funds cannot be established as natural persons.