private equity industry news from FierceFinance

The New York Times' Deal Professor has weighed in on the private equity industry and the new regulatory landscape that seems to be taking shape--albeit in fits and starts. The much-discussed... Read more...

Savvy investors will tell you the time to invest is at the nadir. A whole lot of pros have been burned trying to call the bottom of the real estate crisis, and a whole lot of upstarts who bet... Read more...

Wall Street collectively shuddered at the thought of a new Glass-Steagall. But not all sectors of Wall Street will be affected in the same way. The private equity industry--firms that are not owned... Read more...

The private equity industry has been giddy abut the prospects for portfolio company exits this year. Blackstone has plans for up to eight IPOs and several sales. But the other side of the success... Read more...

We've noted that there's a rising sense of optimism in the private equity industry. At Blackstone, at least eight initial public offerings of portfolio companies are planned in coming months. It has... Read more...

There's been a lot of bullishness in the private equity industry as of late. The Dollar General IPO didn't tank right out of the gate. More IPO exits are on tap. And the recovering credit and stock... Read more...

John Thain, the former CEO of Merrill Lynch, was one of many whose reputations were tarnished by the credit crunch. In his case, the fall wasn't exactly epic, but it was steep and personally painful.... Read more...

The private equity industry gathered in Dubai for one of the biggest conference of the year, Super Return Middle East. The conventional wisdom is that the industry is showing modest signs of a... Read more...

We've noted before that the time is right for strategic deals, and we've seen a spate of them recently. The absence of financial buyers was certainly seen as one reason these deals might rise, but... Read more...

The private equity industry is not safe from internal rogues--which, as of late, seem to be affecting the hedge fund industry. Consider Chicago-based AA Capital. FINalternatives reports, the SEC... Read more...