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Greg Brown, Executive Director at the Institute for Private Capital and Finance Professor at the University of North Carolina (UNC) Kenan-Flagler Business School, joins Winna Brown to discuss what the Institute’s academic research says about PE’s performance and the role private capital plays in the global economy.
To get in touch with Greg, email uncipc@kenan-flagler.unc.edu
The Institute for Private Capital (IPC) is a non-profit, multi-university research initiative that’s housed at the University of North Carolina (UNC). Its mission is to improve public understanding of private capital’s role in the global economy by providing unbiased and independent research, conducted by a network of academic affiliates, with support from private sector companies. There are more than 35 member institutions involved in IPC – EY is one such institution – and these institutional supporters play a critical role in ensuring IPC research solves specific, practical issues affecting the PE industry.
Two topics are consistently top of mind for PE investors: PE’s role in the investment portfolio and the specific factors that predict future returns. IPC research explores an array of additional topics, and some of their findings include the following:
Over the coming years, there are two major focus areas for research and discussion in the academic community regarding private equity: