2026 Midwest Finance Annual Meeting

March 12-14, 2026

Radisson Blu Aqua Hotel, Chicago, IL

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Conference Agenda

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Session Overview

Session

Fund Performance

Time:

Thursday, 12/Mar/2026:

1:30pm - 3:15pm

Session Chair: Yuri Tserlukevich, Arizona State University

Location: Baltic

Presentations

Relationship Nonbankers

Franz Hinzen¹, Max Jager²

¹Dartmouth College; ²Frankfurt School of Finance & Management

Discussant: Xinxin Zhang (University of South Carolina)

Hinzen-1118-Relationship Nonbankers.pdf

Does Fund Size Affect Private Equity Performance? Evidence from Donations to Private Universities

Abhinav Gupta¹, Abhishek Bhardwaj², Sabrina Howell³, Kyle Zimmerschied⁴

¹University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; ²Tulane University; ³Harvard University; ⁴University of Missouri

Discussant: Jun Chen (University of Illinois Chicago)

Gupta-179-Does Fund Size Affect Private Equity Performance Evidence.pdf

Contract Evaluation Horizon and Fund Performance

Jung Hoon Lee¹, Jayoung Nam³, Veronika Pool², Feng Zhang³

¹Office of Financial Research, US Treasury; ²Vanderbilt University; ³Southern Methodist University

Discussant: Hsiu-lang Chen (University of Illinois Chicago)

Lee-362-Contract Evaluation Horizon and Fund Performance.pdf