Private equity investors acquire companies with the aim of enhancing the value of those companies and eventually selling them for a profit. This process encompasses strategic management, operational ...

Private equity can generate higher returns than investments like stocks, bonds, or real estate, but it also carries risks such as illiquidity and long investment timelines. Comparing private equity ...

This episode originally aired on July 21, 2025. From dog food to mattresses and from Chef Boyardee to wedding dresses, a new type of investment firm is making monthly headlines with how it acquires ...

Businesses can get a capital infusion via private equity and venture capital funding. Learn the differences between the two ...

Private equity has pumped an incredible amount of money into the franchise space since the recession. Untold millions have flowed into franchising as firms look for more ways to put the money invested ...

Willkie hits new highs on revenue, net income and PEP in record year. Willkie Farr & Gallagher hit new highs for revenue ($1.78 billion, up 18.3%), profits per equity partner (up 17.3% to $4.54 ...

Despite President Donald Trump’s monthslong advocacy for eliminating the carried interest tax break, one of the most controversial loopholes in the US tax code remains unchanged in the draft version ...

Private-equity deal makers have moved to spend down a large pile of unused cash with a larger number of transactions valued at $5 billion or more in 2024, S&P Global Market Intelligence said Monday.

Did PE firms make the world worse? Or was it something else? The Blackstone Group offices in New York, 2013. The 2010s were, among other things, the decade of private equity. A segment of the finance ...

Twelve million Americans work for companies owned by private equity firms. In a new book, the journalist Megan Greenwell traces the arrangement’s considerable human costs. By Jennifer Szalai When you ...