Private markets give investors options beyond stocks and bonds. Two common choices are private credit and private equity. Private credit focuses on lending to companies for interest income, while ...

Private credit is less risky than private equity. And be aware of the No. 1 rule for choosing a private-equity fund.

Learn how to calculate the market value of equity—find the total dollar value by multiplying the current share price by ...

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 the past, the private equity world has been largely populated by ultra-rich investors, endowments and pension funds. That may be about to change. Retirement savers with 401(k) accounts are gaining ...

More than half of children’s hospital patients rely on Medicaid or CHIP, yet private equity is moving steadily into pediatrics, a sector that has ...

The private-equity industry is casting itself as a savior for the American nest-egg. It can be really hard to figure out if ...

Private equity firms routinely strip hospitals of assets, according to the report. “Nationwide, in the two years after a private equity takeover, hospitals lost on average nearly one-quarter of their ...

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In the chase for more cash flow as universities and athletic programs adapt to revenue-sharing with student-athletes, is private equity worth it for the headaches it causes?

Washington Sen. Maria Cantwell sent a letter to Big Ten presidents, warning that a move into private equity could have negative consequences, including impacting the schools’ tax-exempt status ...