Sherman McCoy, the lead character in the 1987 book The Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe, was described as a “master of the universe” due to his role as the highest-earning bond trader at his ...

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 firms are increasingly investing in legal tech startups. The startups are getting an abundance of funding from these investors, but it comes at a cost. Legal tech startups will likely ...

EQT has grown to become one of the largest private-equity investors, but its not a household name in the US. Peter Aliprantis is working to change that.

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

There may be more private equity funds than McDonald's in the US, but a PitchBook study shows how the private equity industry is consolidating.

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 ...

Cash-hungry private equity firms are borrowing from insurers willing to expose themselves to potentially hard-to-sell assets ...

On Aug. 7, President Donald Trump issued a directive that is supposed to make us all richer. The goal is to make it easier for “alternative assets” like private equity to be included in 401(k) and ...

Wayne Cantwell is a Co-Founder and Managing Director of Decathlon Capital Partners, a leading variable repayment private debt firm. This shows that the need for qualified professionals to work with ...

To keep a multi-billion operation sustainable, you have to get money wherever you can. That’s why NASCAR president Steve Phelps considers himself a “big fan” of attracting private equity funding into ...