Private equity deals, cloaked in financial engineering, lead to fewer owners, fewer options, and less upward mobility.
Fintech giant Green Dot attracts private equity interest despite sluggish deal climate
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Private equity is devouring the economy as boomer entrepreneurs exit—but a new approach to employee ownership can change that
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Private equity promised an M&A boom this year. The world is still waiting
In her new book “Bad Company,” journalist Megan Greenwell chronicles how private equity upended industries from health care to…
The widening gap followed a period of spending spree in the private equity industry in 2021, when money rushed into deals at…
Private equity hasn’t peaked at all, and it’s an essential part of solving our country’s retirement crisis.
One of the most enduring misconceptions on private equity is that IPOs are the primary, or even the preferred, exit route. The…
The number of global private equity exits rose 5.4% last year to 3,149, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence.
Private equity firms are facing a new reality: a growing crop of companies that can neither thrive nor die, lingering in…
