As funds deliver mediocre returns and shed investors, the industry is struggling to unload 31,000 investments, an increase ...

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 ...

Buyout firms have struggled to sell companies they own and have instead found a workaround to get cash back to clients: ...

Wayne Cantwell is a Co-Founder and Managing Director of Decathlon Capital Partners, a leading variable repayment private debt firm. This shows that the need for qualified professionals to work with ...

Retail investors are finally gaining access to private equity—but many may be stepping into complex structures without fully understanding the risks. Fees can quietly erode returns. Liquidity can ...

Exit values on private equity investments have surged 69.3%, while exit deal volume has increased 18.3% in the first half of this year compared to the first half of 2024, according to a new report ...

In her new book Bad Company, journalist Megan Greenwell chronicles how private equity upended industries from health care to local news—and the ways workers are fighting back. Twelve million people in ...

After hospitals were acquired by private equity firms, patient death rates in the emergency departments rose by 13% compared with similar hospitals, according to research published this week in Annals ...