Underperforming buyout shops need to be pruned, but strategic M&A remains a tough proposition for all but the best performers ...

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 to choose the right option.

Cross-border private equity involves investing in private companies across different countries, typically through funds or direct acquisitions. These investments allow firms to access new markets, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Enhance your finance MBA with this immersive program designed to give you academic and career mentorship from industry leaders in the field of private equity. At Kellogg, our finance MBA in private ...

In 2019, when I was working what I have grudgingly come to accept may be one of the best jobs I’ll ever have, my employer, Gizmodo Media Group, was acquired by a private equity firm called Great Hill ...