In conjunction with the Private Equity Research Consortium, the Institute for Private Capital supports access to data provided by MSCI for the purpose of academic research. Applications from full-time academic researchers and Ph.D. students are reviewed semi-annually (with deadlines of January 31 and July 31) and responses are provided within 30 days.  Two distinct datasets are available, and separate applications are required for each:

For questions about access to the MSCI data please contact Prof. Greg Brown at gregwbrown@unc.edu.

For information on the hedge fund data initiative please contact Prof. Christian Lundblad at Christian_Lundblad@kenan-flagler.unc.edu.