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 ...

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 ...

Working in the investment world, I’ve learned that “private equity” means different things to different people. For some, it signals high risk. For others, it’s a mysterious club reserved only for the ...

Buyout firms have struggled to sell companies they own and have instead found a workaround to get cash back to clients: Selling the companies to themselves. By Maureen Farrell Maureen Farrell covers ...

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As funds deliver mediocre returns and shed investors, the industry is struggling to unload 31,000 investments, an increase over this time last year. By Maureen Farrell Heading into 2025, private ...