Jeff Bartel is chairman and managing director of Hamptons Group, a private investment and strategic advisory firm headquartered in Miami. Although financial engineering is always a way of making ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. In private equity, the clock starts ticking the moment a deal closes. The typical investment ...

Structural advantages and market shifts seem likely to support a return to form for this enduring asset class. While private equity has long been celebrated for its ability to deliver outsized returns ...

In this series on portfolio basics, I’ll explain some of the fundamentals of putting together sound portfolios. I’ll start with some of the most widely used types of investments and walk through what ...

Discover the steps investment banking analysts need to take to transition into lucrative private equity associate roles, ...

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 ...

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 ...

The university is selling multiple stakes in private equity funds as the industry struggles and President Trump targets Ivy League institutions. By Maureen Farrell and Lauren Hirsch Yale University’s ...