Policy, Academe, Private Equity

Research into private capital has only scratched the surface of this vast topic. Meet an academic who aspires to dig much deeper: Professor Josh Lerner, the Jacob H. Schiff Professor of Investment Banking at Harvard Business School (and leader of the Private Capital Research Institute), tells Privcap that a better understanding of private capital is essential for appropriate regulations to be crafted and for investors to better participate in the asset class.