According to this article, PE alpha has largely disappeared.
The two reasons the author gives are:
1.) Increased competition has driven down alpha.
2.) PE funds have gotten larger and therefore, incentive have become distorted.
Do you agree with this author? Why or why not? Should investors abandon the private equity asset class or not?
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