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CFA Institute:  “Alpha-Flation”: A Private Market Syndrome  August 2021

August 2021 - Private Equity

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In private equity (PE), there are more ways to calculate the alpha of a portfolio or fund than any other asset class. And in no sector other than private markets does investing in the average fund seem to go so poorly.


Should it be this way? Is the average private market fund a bad fund and the mean private market return a bad return? And if so, why?

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