A highly-regarded professor at Harvard Business school is claiming that he’s come up with a better alternative to private equity by recreating their returns through an array of publicly traded…
Tag: Public vs. Private Equity
Interview: Replicating Private Equity in Public Markets with Verdad's Brian Chingono (Ep. 67)
There are many misconceptions about private equity. Most investors see it as a domain where high net worth investors and institutions earn returns that can’t be achieved via public markets.…
New Study Shows Public Markets Cannot Replicate Private Equity Returns
As quantitative investors and other asset managers try to deliver private equity-like returns through indexes and stock funds, a new study from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School suggests that…
Is Private Equity Fooling Investors?
A recent CFA Institute article considers whether private equity (PE), which it describes as the most popular alternative asset class, provides “uncorrelated returns relative to equities.” Here are some key…
Swedroe: Private Equity Hurts Investor Wealth
While private equity has made some wealthy, recent studies have shown that regular investors have not been the beneficiaries of this wealth. This according to an article by Larry Swedroe…