Sack: Private Equity Faces Seminal, Difficult Period for Returns
Aaron Sack · Aaron Sack – Branded Middle Market Investing at Morgan Stanley (Capital Allocators, EP.311) · Apr 27, 2023 · at 36:09
Aaron Sack, Head of Morgan Stanley Capital Partners, reflects on challenging career periods and evaluates the current macroeconomic climate for private equity investing.
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“Could be right now because I really do think that this is a seminal moment for private equity investors and thinking very hard about ways we're going to continue to deliver value commensurate with the past. So I think this is a difficult period. I really do.”
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