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

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that could remake the investment options for your 401 (k). The directive instructs the Secretary of Labor to make it easier for plans to include ...

This episode originally aired on July 21, 2025. From dog food to mattresses and from Chef Boyardee to wedding dresses, a new type of investment firm is making monthly headlines with how it acquires ...

Businesses can get a capital infusion via private equity and venture capital funding. Learn the differences between the two ...

Private equity lets investors buy into non-public firms aiming for profit through strategic improvements. Investors need accreditation due to legal restrictions and high entry costs targeted at ...

Did PE firms make the world worse? Or was it something else? The Blackstone Group offices in New York, 2013. The 2010s were, among other things, the decade of private equity. A segment of the finance ...

Today, class, we’re going to look at how the American oligarchy works in the person of Stephen Schwarzman, the thirty-third richest person in the world (net worth: $50 billion) and a man widely touted ...

Learn what equity participation is, its benefits for companies and investors, and real-world examples. Discover how equity ownership can align interests and drive growth.

Private equity, the business of buying companies, fixing them up and selling them for a profit, is in a bind. The industry boomed during the era of low interest rates, when private equity firms could ...

Asset managers selling private assets to everyday investors claim to have found investing’s holy grail: lower risk (or at least less volatility) and better returns. Is that true? The answer is mixed.

Sherman McCoy, the lead character in the 1987 book The Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe, was described as a “master of the universe” due to his role as the highest-earning bond trader at his ...