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2020 Search Fund Study: Selected Observations

January 15, 2022

Written by: Peter Kelly, Sara Heston
For: Case No. E726


Stanford University's Search Fund Observations

Stanford Business

Strong returns produced by search funds, historically. Even after you take off top quartile, search fund investors generate 30%+ IRRs. Unique opportunity to flip the traditional model to generate impact at the individual new owner level and the employees via innovative profit sharing plans so they share in the upside. Great source for Altternative Impact Alpha

The 2020 Search Fund Study reports on the financial returns and key qualities of search funds formed in the United States and Canada since 1984. This report updates the previous 2018 study with data through December 31, 2019....

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