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Optimal Hedge Fund Allocation
July 15, 2025This study addresses the optimal asset allocation problem for investors managing a diversified portfolio of stocks, bonds, and hedge funds. Significant allocations to hedge funds may be justified due to their diversification benefits, even when hedge funds generate minimal or no alpha.
MorePrivate Capital Markets and Inequality
July 08, 2025This paper studies the relationship between the growth in private capital markets and the rise in economic inequalities in the U.S over the last two decades. First, we document that the share of financing raised by early-stage companies from U.S.-based high-net-worth individuals...
MoreEvergreen vs. Drawdown Funds: Risk, Returns and Cash Flows
June 11, 2025Evergreen funds are a rapidly growing segment of the private capital universe. While open-ended structures have existed for decades in some asset classes such as real estate, the more recent products have included a broader set of assets such as private equity and credit. More
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2025 PERC Symposium Oxford: Best Paper Award
June 09, 2025The Private Equity Research Consortium (PERC) convened at the University of Oxford Saïd Business School on May 22-23, 2025 for its annual European research symposium. And the award for best paper goes to... More