In the past, most small businesses would secure financing by applying for a bank loan or approaching individual investors. But today, a growing number of businesses are securing capital through ...

For private equity firms, cyber due diligence is critical because integrating portfolio companies increases interconnectivity ...

Private-equity firms’ rapid pace of health care acquisitions have prompted discussions about their influence on the US health care system. Policy makers, especially at the state level, are exploring ...

Private equity firms are often associated with corporate boardrooms and financial jargon, not everyday brands. Yet many familiar companies—spanning retail, food, healthcare, and consumer services—have ...

In recent years, private equity (PE) has emerged as a valuable investment alternative to public markets. PE can offer a range of benefits that public markets simply cannot match. This article will ...

When private equity firms present their track records to investors, the charts often look too good to be true—higher returns with lower volatility than public markets. As it turns out, they often are ...

Recently, we have seen innovations that have made investing in private equity not only simpler but less costly. One of the negatives of private equity was that investments were generally in the form ...

Private equity recapitalizations—as a percentage of all transactions—are on the rise. The primary driver for these middle market recapitalizations is a growing amount of private equity available ...

Private equity fund accounting is quite complex to other investment vehicles. What separates fund accounting from general accounting is that, while small businesses, for example, make purchases with ...

Author and federal prosecutor Brendan Ballou explains why private equity is buying everything from vet offices to tech conglomerates, how this system is broken, and what can be done to fix it. Author ...

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Private equity investors — typified by firms like Bain ...

Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have taken off in recent years. Investors enjoy being able to diversify their portfolios instantly with a single stock exchange transaction. However, the overwhelming ...