Explore leveraged buyouts (LBOs)—how they work, their benefits, and real-world examples, offering a comprehensive look into this financial acquisition strategy.

Investors can potentially capture the high returns of private equity with greater liquidity, lower fees and better ...

Private equity has become a seemingly permanent fixture in the U.S. healthcare system, with investments topping $1 trillion over the last 10 years. As private equity investments have expanded, so has ...

From 2013 to 2016, private equity firms acquired 355 physician practices. In the four years that followed, private equity acquired 578 additional physician practices. Those numbers continue to grow.

Private-equity deal activity is on the rise in Kentucky and nationally, Flanigan said. While rising interest rates in the ...

Private equity recapitalizations—as a percentage of all transactions—are on the rise. The primary driver for these middle market recapitalizations is a growing amount of private equity available ...

In the past, most small businesses would secure financing by applying for a bank loan or approaching individual investors. But today, a growing number of businesses are securing capital through ...

Author and federal prosecutor Brendan Ballou explains why private equity is buying everything from vet offices to tech conglomerates, how this system is broken, and what can be done to fix it. Author ...

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 ...

Private equity fund accounting is quite complex to other investment vehicles. What separates fund accounting from general accounting is that, while small businesses, for example, make purchases with ...

Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have taken off in recent years. Investors enjoy being able to diversify their portfolios instantly with a single stock exchange transaction. However, the overwhelming ...