Private Equity

Understanding Private Equity

Public Markets are a Shrinking Universe

The number of public companies has continued to shrink, making it harder to access the full investible universe.

Source: World Development Indicators. CAGR stands for Compound Annual Growth Rate. Data as of December 2019. Reflects most current available data as of October 2022.

Private Markets Have Outperformed

Over the long term, private equity strategies have outperformed the public markets. These returns have come from driving improvements in the underlying business, a long-term focus and the ability to control when to exit the investment.

Source: Cambridge and Morningstar, 2021. Private Equity is represented by the Cambridge US Private Equity Index, composed of growth and buyout funds. Public Equities is represented by the S&P 500 Index. Growth of $100,000 is based on quarterly returns over the the 15-year period from 1/1/2007-12/31/2021. Past peformance is not indicative of future results.

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