RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Minority Private Equity JF The Journal of Private Equity FD Institutional Investor Journals SP 27 OP 45 DO 10.3905/jpe.1999.319962 VO 2 IS 4 A1 Philip Alphonse A1 Thomas Hellmann A1 Jane Wei YR 1999 UL https://pm-research.com/content/2/4/27.abstract AB This article examines the current changes in the minority segment of the private equity market. It argues that there is a confluence of three major changes: the demographic changes in the U.S. population, the changes in the amount of funding available for private equity, and the elimination of the SSBIC program. Together these changes imply a profound rethinking of the investment concepts in the minority market.