A shakeout in the private-equity industry is forcing firms to adapt or get left behind.

President Trump has signed an executive order that could pave the way for the use of private equity (PE) and alternative assets in retirement savings accounts. The change could impact the millions ...

Jeff Bartel is chairman and managing director of Hamptons Group, a private investment and strategic advisory firm headquartered in Miami. Although financial engineering is always a way of making ...

Private equity (PE) firms are particularly interested in rapid value realization from investments in portfolio companies. They “buy to sell,” typically purchasing companies they believe are ...

For every public company in the U.S. whose stock you can buy directly or through mutual funds or exchange-traded funds, there might be 25 or more private companies that are also seeking investment.

Private equity, the business of buying companies, fixing them up and selling them for a profit, is in a bind. The industry boomed during the era of low interest rates, when private equity firms could ...

It’s easy to look at the lifestyles of the rich and famous and wonder about what it would be like to break into this world. For most of us, it’s not realistic to expect an invitation to Jeff Bezos’ ...

Bank of America Corp. will offer investments in private equity funds to its ultra-wealthy clients, a move that comes as more financial firms give access in alternative assets to a broader swath of ...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Meridian, the AI-powered deal management platform for the private markets, today announced its $7 million Series Seed fundraise. The round was led by 645 Ventures with ...

The country’s largest public-pension fund is seeing positive early results from an overhaul of its private-equity program intended to break with its past inconsistency and disappointing returns. The ...