Category: Private Equity

Wall Street Wants to Make Private Markets a Little More Public

As value grows in private markets, fund managers, brokerage houses, and savvy start-ups are building products that aim to expand access to them.
Wall St. Firms Are Buying Utilities to Tap Into the A.I. Boom

Consumer groups say proposals by BlackRock and Blackstone to buy energy companies in Minnesota, New Mexico and Texas could hurt residents.
Dimon Warns That Private Credit May Be at Its Peak

The JPMorgan Chase chief has long been skeptical of the nontraditional, and less regulated, lending business. Now he thinks its best days may be over.
Andrew Kassoy, 55, Dies; Saw Capitalism as a Force for Social Good

He was a founder of B Lab, a nonprofit network whose lofty mission is “transforming the global economy to benefit all people, communities and the planet.”
Youth Sports Are a $40 Billion Business. Private Equity Is Taking Notice.

An American obsession is attracting investments in baseball fields, volleyball courts and football camps, intensifying the gap between families with means and those without.
Youth Sports Are a $40 Billion Business. Private Equity Is Taking Notice.

An American obsession is attracting investments in baseball fields, volleyball courts and football camps, intensifying the gap between families with means and those without.
Richard Beattie, Who Helped Pioneer Private Equity Takeovers, Dies at 86

A top Wall Street lawyer, he worked on some of the biggest corporate mergers in history, including KKR’s takeover of Nabisco in 1989. He also served in the Carter administration and in city government.
Yale’s Endowment Selling Private Equity Stakes as Trump Targets Ivies

The university is selling multiple stakes in private-equity funds as the industry struggles and Trump targets Ivy-League Institutions.
Are A.I. Data Centers a Sure Thing or the Next Real Estate Bubble?

Private equity firms like Blackstone are using their clients’ money to buy and build data centers to fuel the artificial intelligence boom.
Elizabeth Holmes’s Partner Has a New Blood-Testing Start-Up

Billy Evans has two children with the Theranos founder, who is in prison for fraud. He’s now trying to raise money for a testing company that promises “human health optimization.”
CEOs at Milken Conference Fear Tariffs and Hope for Trade Deals

At the annual Milken Institute Global Conference, the anxious talk was about tariffs and hopes for trade agreements and de-escalation.
Who Decides How Much You Pay for College? Here’s How Tuition Costs Are Set.

Schools turn to little-known consultants, owned by private equity firms, to find applicants and calculate scholarships. Here’s how that affects the price you pay.