Evaluating Private Equity�s Responses To Global Systemic And Systematic Shocks| USPEC

Uspec20 May, 2021Finance

Stock markets are shrinking with the yields now even less than half of the 1990s boom. The private markets, in contrast, are growing and gaining traction. The number of PE-backed ventures in the US almost doubled in a decade by 2017. PE industry presently controls over 8000+ businesses in the US, contributes about 5% to the country?s GDP, and hires a substantial share of the workforce. It is also expanding footprints in essential sectors such as healthcare, private prisons, and more.