Private equity funds pool investor capital to acquire and improve companies, typically with the goal of selling them at a higher value. Beyond that, the strategies employed can vary significantly ...

How Hilary Hendershott, MBA, CFP, a professional and founder of Hendershott Wealth Management, helps her clients evaluate whether private equity belongs in their portfolios.

Working in the investment world, I’ve learned that “private equity” means different things to different people. For some, it signals high risk. For others, it’s a mysterious club reserved only for the ...

Jeff Bartel is chairman and managing director of Hamptons Group, a private investment and strategic advisory firm headquartered in Miami. Emerging market private equity investment has grown in ...

In a November 2024 article, Cliffwater showed the EBITDA multiples for private and public equity for the 27-year period from 1997 through the third quarter of 2024. Multiples were measured by the ...

This year Blackstone raised $30 billion for its tenth real estate fund which pushed the company to over $300 billion in its real estate portfolio. This capital comes in mega chunks from Sovereign ...

Michael Bromberg is a finance editor with a decade of experience. He is an expert at elucidating complex financial topics in clear, concise language. Michael received a Bachelor of Arts in literature ...

Funds formerly off limits to ordinary investors are being introduced to 401(k)s. The private equity industry says these funds can help savers generate higher returns. The industry's methods for ...

Over the next few years, individual investors are expected to increase their allocation to private markets, in some cases potentially approaching levels seen by various types of institutional ...

In this series on portfolio basics, I’ll explain some of the fundamentals of putting together sound portfolios. I’ll start with some of the most widely used types of investments and walk through what ...

The NFL’s team owners voted Tuesday to approve a measure allowing investments into franchises by private equity funds. It is a major change to the league’s ownership rules, which had been widely ...