A recruiter gives deep detail on the thought processes of P.E. firms looking to hire a finance chief within their portfolio.
SunGard's private-equity owners finally cash in on their long-held investment, one of the signature deals of the pre-recession buyout boom.
More than $120 billion is tied up in private equity fund assets that managers are having a hard time realizing a profit on.
The finance departments of private equity firms have a big challenge ahead: mastering timely and transparent reporting to investors.
In 2014, 344 companies were targets of activist shareholders, but the average activist fund returned only 4%, finds a new study.
"Transparency has improved markedly" at private equity firms, says the commission's head of private funds compliance inspections.
When building companies from scratch makes more sense than buying them.
