1、A 2 0T H I S S U E A N N I V E R S A R Y S P E C I A LINCLUDING CONTRIBUTIONS FROM Cornell University|Duke University School of Law|Harvard Business School London Business School|MIT Sloan School of Management|The University of Chicago Booth School of Business University of Florida|University of Oxf

2、ord|University of WashingtonA bigger pictureHow have leading academics contributed to our understanding of private equity?And what comes next?Whats at stake?Why GP share sales could be good for LPs Will AI transform private equity?Looking beyond the hypeTime for a new model?Revisiting LP cash flow p

3、redictions The side letter arms race:What do these negotiations really achieve?ISSUE 20 2024|25 30$35 PRIVATE EQUITYFINDINGSInsights from private equity research worldwideContentsForeword Private Equity Findings launched 20 issues and 15 years ago with the aim of bridging the academic and private eq

4、uity practitioner worlds by showcasing some of the most important findings from high quality research and encouraging debate with general and limited partners.Back then,Findings academic partner was Francesca Cornelli at London Business School.Francesca,now dean of Northwestern Universitys Kellogg S

5、chool of Management,was instrumental in getting the publication off the ground and directing academic editorial content for the first 11 issues.Wed like to thank Francesca for her insights and contribution to the publication over the years.To celebrate our 20th issue,we caught up with three of the a

6、cademics featured in our first three issues to discuss the contribution of academic thinking to our understanding of the asset class.In A bigger picture,we revisit some of the most important work of the past 15 years.PE may be much bigger and more important to the economy than it was back in 2009,bu