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President Trump has signed an executive order that could pave the way for the use of private equity (PE) and alternative assets in retirement savings accounts. The change could impact the millions ...

Private equity dealmaking in healthcare surged in 2025, boosted in part by investor interest in health IT firms, according to a report published last week by Bain & Company. Healthcare deal value ...

Private equity leaders are increasingly recognizing a need to maximize growth in portfolio company operations. The past half decade of unique macroeconomic circumstances—from Covid to interest rate ...

Private equity firm Silver Lake has made a lot of major investments in large companies in recent years, including its acquisition of Electronic Arts (EA) on Monday. So, what is this firm and how does ...

African investors cannot look to developed markets or to ‘adopt and improve’ the private equity model that has worked in those markets since the 1950s.

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 ...

The expanding role of private equity (PE) firms within the US financial system is giving rise to concerns that their activities, increasingly based on ever-more complex mechanisms, could be the ...

Private equity firms are poised to take over iconic video game maker Electronic Arts in a massive leveraged buyout. What happens when private equity owns the games you play. Kyle Orland, senior gaming ...

Discover why public companies choose to go private and the potential benefits and drawbacks of privatization for management and investors.

The Financial Times reported this week that AES, the parent of utility provider AES Indiana, is in advanced discussions to sell to BlackRock Inc. subsidiary Global Infrastructure Partners in a deal ...

Private equity-backed bankruptcies are on the rise: In the first half of 2025, 52 private-equity or venture-capital-backed companies filed for bankruptcy. Debt-heavy buyouts heighten risk: Private ...