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After last week's mega-deal, private equity firm Carlyle Group solidified its position as the world's most formidable barbarian at the gates of the world's private companies. But does heft equal returns?
Sovereign Wealth Funds are some of the biggest behemoths around. So why would they ever think they could move around undetected?
One of the world's largest institutional investors in private equity funds recently invited academics to study it's decades' worth of secret fund data. What those researchers found might surprise you.
Without liquid markets, private equity values are nearly always marked to model. But that may be changing...
Private equity investors have been a patient lot, and now that patience may finally begin to pay off.
A recent academic study confirms the prevailing wisdom that cheap debt provided private equity funds with a sugar rush that is now beginning to wear off.
A couple of recent studies find that leverage isn't the secret weapon it's sometimes made out to be for private equity funds.
A lot has been said about the liquidity of private equity funds. But what about the liquidity of the individual private investments held by PE investors (both funds and direct investors)?
With age comes benefits, especially for infrastructure funds, according to a recent report that focuses on "vintage" funds and their longer-term performance.
Grey skies are going to clear up, put on happy smile... for private equity, a new report says. But some private equity managers are still humming "Stormy Weather"...
If it ain't broke, do you try to fix it anyway?
Big is apparently not always best in private equity.
Back in the old days, private equity managers got rich on their carried interest. Well not any more...
The venture capital community says it's a "critical" service that supports job growth and therefore should not succumb to new taxes on many alternative investments. But will Congress buy it?
If market inefficiencies beget alpha, then is it any surprise emerging market private equity is attracting so much capital?
A new report from consultancy Bain & Co., reminds us that private equity is notoriously cyclical. The question now is "What new direction will the industry take this time around?"
Family offices have long been enamored with alternative investment managers. A new survey suggests private equity funds may be next in line.
Private equity is unfortunately living up to its reputation as the poor cousin of hedge funds, but things are slowly beginning to turn around, according to a recent report.
Ever noticed that the marketers of alternative investments are just as excited about good returns as the portfolio managers - even though they may not share in any performance fee?
Private equity has been at the center of rancorous social and political debates over the past few years. But a recent report on the industry suggests that PE actually does provide tangible benefits.
A new study sheds light on listed private equity funds.
As car shoppers know, you can save yourself a fortune by picking up a gently-used model. According to some, now is a perfect time to apply this axiom to private equity.
Like everyone, private equity investors have been bitten over the past two years. And like everyone, they now seem to be a little more cautious.
A recent survey suggests that private equity investors may now want to see all the cards in their managers' hands - before those managers start to make bets.
