Private Equity Funds News
America’s new millionaire class: Plumbers and HVAC entrepreneurs
Private equity is pouring money into skilled-trade small businesses; ‘Next thing you know, you’re running an empire.’
7 min read13 Oct 2024The crackdown on AIF abuse comes with some collateral damage
An RBI notification meant to curtail ‘evergreening’ of loans unintentionally leads to banks denying legitimate capital claims to VCs and PEs
3 min read26 Feb 2024KKR to Acquire a Stake in Cotiviti From Veritas Capital
At an $11 billion valuation, the deal would be among the largest recent private-equity transactions.
2 min read15 Feb 2024Wealthy Investors Rescued Juul From Bankruptcy. Others Are Crying Foul.
Two of Juul Labs’ longtime directors—a Hyatt Hotels heir and a venture capitalist—helped bail out the e-cigarette maker from the edge of insolvency. Now other investors are suing.
4 min read2 Jan 2024A Private Equity Summer Reading List
Private-equity professionals’ summer reading picks span genres from modern fiction to histories and social sciences
4 min read3 Jul 2023Private-Equity Giants Settle for Bite-Size Deals
With debt no longer cheap and abundant, Blackstone, KKR and other buyout firms look to smaller deals to build up companies they already own
3 min read27 Jun 2023Private-Equity-Owned Businesses Confront Hiring Hurdles for Key Roles
Survey points to challenges in filling CFO jobs and meeting the goals of private-equity managers
3 min read27 Jun 2023For Some Companies, Debt Downgrades Followed Payouts to Private-Equity Owners
A postpandemic binge in dividend payments from companies to their private-equity owners undermined credit quality for some
5 min read13 Jun 2023Private-Equity Fundraising Blues Weigh Heavily on Newer Managers
Investment firms with short track records bear the brunt of an industrywide slowdown, new research shows
2 min read25 May 2023Listed Private-Equity Firms Stress Credit Role
Buyout shops recast their role as lenders, and other takeaways from first quarter earnings discussions
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