Conversations with Frank Fabozzi, CFA, featuring Ludovic Phalippou. Gain expert insight from Professor Ludovic Phalippou on the hidden risks, flawed return metrics, and governance gaps shaping private equity today. Walk away with a deeper understanding of where the industry stands—and where it may be headed.
Conversations with Frank Fabozzi, CFA // Ludovic Phalippou
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Key Discussion Points
The Impact of Rising Interest Rates
How today’s macroeconomic environment is straining private equity transactions and contributing to rising financial distress.
- Transparency and Governance Gaps: Why Professor Phalippou compares current private equity practices to mutual funds of the 1920s and the risks posed by limited oversight and opaque disclosures.
- The IRR Illusion: Why internal rate of return can be a misleading metric and how it may distort true economic performance.
- Retail Access and Regulatory Oversight: What increased participation by individual investors means for a complex market and why regulators may soon play a more active role.
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