What you need to know about this alternative investment class Gordon Scott has been an active investor and technical analyst or 20+ years. He is a Chartered Market Technician (CMT). Vikki Velasquez is ...

A club deal is a private equity buyout or the assumption of a controlling interest in a company that involves several ...

Investors can potentially capture the high returns of private equity with greater liquidity, lower fees and better ...

Private equity recapitalizations—as a percentage of all transactions—are on the rise. The primary driver for these middle market recapitalizations is a growing amount of private equity available ...

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 ...

In the past, most small businesses would secure financing by applying for a bank loan or approaching individual investors. But today, a growing number of businesses are securing capital through ...

Private equity firms might be more cautious — tiptoeing up to deals instead of strutting — but the big money players are still very much in fashion. While some investors are kind of stuck in the ...

Private equity fund accounting is quite complex to other investment vehicles. What separates fund accounting from general accounting is that, while small businesses, for example, make purchases with ...

We are fixated on two problems: the price of oil and the frailty of our banking system. We are catastrophizing at a pace I have rarely seen, accelerated by negative commentators who are rarely proven ...

Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have taken off in recent years. Investors enjoy being able to diversify their portfolios instantly with a single stock exchange transaction. However, the overwhelming ...