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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Gary Drenik is a writer covering AI, analytics and innovation. Corporations and private equity firms have very different business ...

Over the past several years private equity has increasingly shown interest in skilled trades businesses, especially HVAC, ...

Private-equity investors typically might not expect their investment to show any rise in value for three to five years. In the meantime, while extensive restructuring is under way, they are not ...

In my last column, I discussed how a combination of events has created opportunities in the private equity space. In this article, I’ll turn to an important consideration: the persistence of ...

Private equity investment in industrials is on pace for a YoY increase in 2026 as fund managers latch onto the powerful ...

The number of global private equity exits rose 5.4% last year to 3,149, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence. The total value of those deals declined 21.2% year over year to $412.1 ...