Srinivasan Selvam

Srinivasan Selvam serves as a Senior Researcher at the EDHEC Infrastructure & Private Assets Research Institute (EIPA) within EDHEC Business School's School of Data Science, Economics & Finance. His core mission involves constructing sophisticated benchmarks and metrics for private asset markets, with landmark contributions including the creation of privateMetrics and the Private Equity Cash Flow and Capital System (PECCS), which address critical industry challenges in valuing illiquid assets.

His academic foundation includes a Ph.D. in Finance from Nanyang Technological University, an MBA from the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, and a bachelor's degree in Electronics & Communication Engineering from the College of Engineering Guindy. As a CFA charter holder, he bridges rigorous academic training with practical financial industry expertise gained through roles as an Assistant Professor in finance and as an index specialist at MSCI & Markit.

Dr. Selvam's research program centers on empirical investigations of private asset ecosystems, specializing in private equity and infrastructure investments. His work systematically unpacks valuation dynamics, risk factor exposures, and liquidity effects in markets traditionally hindered by data scarcity. Key methodologies include developing cash flow-based capital systems, analyzing trademark registrations as innovation proxies, and leveraging natural experiments like China's split-share reform to isolate causal financial relationships.

Analysis of his 2022-2025 publications reveals three dominant research thrusts: (1) Private market valuation frameworks addressing illiquidity challenges, (2) Systematic risk decomposition in private equities demonstrating the prominence of market-wide factors, and (3) Innovation-finance linkages examining how stock liquidity affects patent value and corporate innovation. His work consistently transforms theoretical finance concepts into industry-applicable metrics through proprietary data systems.

While no specific scientific prizes are documented beyond his CFA designation, his research impact is evidenced by publication in premier finance journals including International Review of Finance and Journal of Empirical Finance, alongside influential EDHEC-Infra reports adopted by institutional investors.

As lead researcher at EIPA, Dr. Selvam directs projects funded through EDHEC's industry partnerships, with recent outputs including the P&I Supplement series and market timing analyses for institutional capital allocation. His supervision likely involves research staff developing private asset metrics, though formal student advising details aren't specified. Current projects indicate active collaboration with institutional investors on private market benchmarking standards.

The EDHEC Infrastructure & Private Assets Research Institute (EIPA) serves as his primary research ecosystem, where he contributes to advancing the institute's mission of creating transparent, data-driven frameworks for private asset investing. His team specializes in transforming fragmented private market data into systematic valuation tools through initiatives like privateMetrics, directly supporting institutional investors' portfolio management decisions.