The myth of private equity, market fallacies and the Stockholm syndrome | Jeff Hooke

In episode 110, Alex Proimos speaks with Jeff Hooke, a senior finance lecturer at Johns Hopkins Carey Business School.  This episode delves into Jeff's background and motivation to writing The Myth of Private Equity: An Inside Look at Wall Street’s Transformative Investments. The conversation covers why the performance of private equity struggles to beat a 60-40 public market portfolio, the illusion of stability, and whether the asset class truly offers diversification. We also cover the agents, gatekeepers, and enablers that have been promoting private equity's inclusion alongside the desires of institutions and pension funds that seek to add complexity to their portfolios.
Jeff Hooke is a broad-based finance and investment executive with global experience throughout the U.S., Europe, and the emerging markets of Latin America and Asia.  He was a Managing Director of Focus Securities, an M&A-oriented boutique investment bank, prior to joining Carey. Earlier, Hooke focused on emerging market investment and private equity.  He was a director at the Emerging Markets Partnership, a $5 billion private equity group. Earlier, he was a Principal Investment Officer of the International Finance Corporation, the $30 billion private sector division of the World Bank.

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