Private equity investors acquire companies with the aim of enhancing the value of those companies and eventually selling them for a profit. This process encompasses strategic management, operational ...

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 ...

Access to alternatives is expanding in ways that were almost unthinkable a decade ago. But when it happens this fast, ...

Everyone in private equity knows that for dealmaking to get back to the heights of a few years ago, the valuation mismatch between buyers and sellers needs to narrow. But just where exactly will ...

In sustainability private equity, especially in the private infrastructure world, renewable energy and the electrification of transportation have gotten most of the headlines for years now. For good ...

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 can generate higher returns than investments like stocks, bonds, or real estate, but it also carries risks such as illiquidity and long investment timelines. Comparing private equity ...

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

Global private equity and venture capital deal value climbed in the first half, continuing a trend of high-value yet lower-volume deals. The aggregate deal value grew 18.7% to $386.42 billion between ...