From dog food to mattresses and from Chef Boyardee to wedding dresses, a new type of investment firm is making monthly headlines with how it acquires thousands of brands. Private equity firms have ...

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?

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 this series on portfolio basics, I’ll explain some of the fundamentals of putting together sound portfolios. I’ll start with some of the most widely used types of investments and walk through what ...

Economics correspondent Paul Solman is exploring the impact on communities in Massachusetts after a private equity firm bought struggling hospitals. In his second report, he looks at how private ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Sherman McCoy, the lead character in the 1987 book The Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe, was ...

Asset managers selling private assets to everyday investors claim to have found investing’s holy grail: lower risk (or at least less volatility) and better returns. Is that true? The answer is mixed.