The glory days of the Private Equity (PE) world are certainly not over but they are changing. Firms today are struggling to attract new investments and to manage the portfolio companies they own.
The days of the quick buy and sell are long gone. The PE firms today are faced with attempting to figure out how [...]

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BusinessWeek’s cover story this week touts that Private Equity as the much-needed impetus to jumpstart the ailing economy. (Although, some might argue that these “barbarians at the gate” had a hand in getting the economy into its current funk.) Irony aside, the article says PE firms like KKR, Blackstone, Carlyle, Apollo and TPG have been [...]

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Bloomberg recently reported that Private Equity (PE) deals have fallen 70% in the first 10 months of this year, confirming what many in the industry have known for quite some time: economic conditions have put a near halt on deal flow and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future. At The Deal’s M&A [...]

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