Private equity can be appealing for clients who want access to privately held companies and long-term growth. Access, however, is often limited to accredited and institutional investors. In this ...

Private equity cash infusions into college sports come with plenty of much-discussed criticism and skepticism. So what's the case for it?

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 ...

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 ...

In the past, the private equity world has been largely populated by ultra-rich investors, endowments and pension funds. That may be about to change. Retirement savers with 401(k) accounts are gaining ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ge Bai is professor of accounting & health policy at Johns Hopkins. They found no evidence that private equity-acquired hospitals ...

Supporters say access to PE would allow participants the chance to enjoy higher returns, while naysayers stress that the asset class is volatile and illiquid. President Donald Trump is expected to ...