For private equity firms, cyber due diligence is critical because integrating portfolio companies increases interconnectivity ...

Private equity has been a hot topic lately. Many institutional investors expect lower returns from traditional stocks and bonds over the next 10 to 20 years and are looking further afield to help fill ...

These ETFs can help investors gain exposure to privately held startups, at the cost of higher fees and potential illiquidity.

Private equity firms are often associated with corporate boardrooms and financial jargon, not everyday brands. Yet many familiar companies—spanning retail, food, healthcare, and consumer services—have ...

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 ...

Private-equity firms’ rapid pace of health care acquisitions have prompted discussions about their influence on the US health care system. Policy makers, especially at the state level, are exploring ...

Years ago, my colleagues and I were asked to evaluate the investment portfolio of a prospective client family. The portfolio was invested in a mix of traditional assets like muni bonds and public ...

Private equity recapitalizations—as a percentage of all transactions—are on the rise. The primary driver for these middle market recapitalizations is a growing amount of private equity available ...

Private equity fund accounting is quite complex to other investment vehicles. What separates fund accounting from general accounting is that, while small businesses, for example, make purchases with ...

In recent years, few forces have reshaped the US health care landscape as rapidly – and as opaquely – as private equity. Once confined to Wall Street, PE firms now control thousands of physician ...

Author and federal prosecutor Brendan Ballou explains why private equity is buying everything from vet offices to tech conglomerates, how this system is broken, and what can be done to fix it. Author ...

Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have taken off in recent years. Investors enjoy being able to diversify their portfolios instantly with a single stock exchange transaction. However, the overwhelming ...