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Private Equity in Your 401(k). What Could Go Wrong?

Critics say an executive order that clears the way for alternative assets to enter retirement accounts poses risks to ...

British Columbia Pension Eyes $2 Billion Private Equity Sale

British Columbia Investment Management Corp. is back in the secondary market to sell $2 billion of private equity assets ...

Access to 401(k)s couldn’t come at a better time for private equity

President Trump is considering whether to encourage retirement funds to invest in private equity, a financial sector that’s ...

RedBird Capital’s $2 billion power play: Meet Gerry Cardinale, the private equity kingmaker behind the Paramount–Skydance deal

Private equity firms have been making moves in Hollywood for some time, but Redbird's stake in the Paramount deal is by far ...

Private Equity Cuts Leveraged Loan Banks Out of M&A — and Fees

What do one of the largest private-school operators in the UK, a Spanish waste management company and a European fast food franchise of Burger King have in common? Their private equity owners are ...
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Private equity’s courtship of retail investors irks pensions, endowments

Large institutions are airing concerns that everyday investors will cut into their fee-bargaining power and stakeholder ...
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Why Wall Street Veteran Scott Bok Sees Trouble Ahead for Endowments and Private Equity

When Scott Bok left his home in Grand Rapids, Michigan, to attend the University of Pennsylvania in 1977, he had no plans for ...

Carlyle Sells $1.25 Billion Deal Repackaging Private Equity Fund Stakes

Carlyle AlpInvest bundled up and sold private equity fund stakes in a $1.25 billion securitization, using a complex type of ...