Sack: Economic cycle could be a slow ten-year expansion
Aaron Sack · Aaron Sack – Branded Middle Market Investing at Morgan Stanley (Capital Allocators, EP.311) · Apr 27, 2023 · at 33:05
Aaron Sack, Head of Morgan Stanley Capital Partners, discusses macroeconomic shifts and their implications for middle-market private equity.
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“And the good news, it could be a long expansion, because it's certainly not going to be terribly vibrant, but it could be a ten-year slow expansion during which new business formation happens.”
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