Is it safe for regular people to sink their hard-earned nest eggs into these notoriously complex and risky investments?

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The Big Ten is exploring a dip into the private equity world, though schools such as Ohio State have yet to sign off.

Electronic Arts is going private as part of a $55 billion deal with Saudi Arabia and private equity investors.

Feb 21 - Wall Street is often blamed for reducing corporate managers’ understanding of business to a single, gameable measure of success: quarterly earnings versus analysts’ consensus forecast. The ...

And reduce volatility. A few decades ago, private equity was considered a 'cottage industry.' Now, it is a multitrillion-dollar asset class. When it comes to investing, there is a stark contrast ...

Asset managers selling private assets to everyday investors claim to have found investing’s holy grail: lower risk (or at least less volatility) and better returns. Is that true? The answer is mixed.

Many drug trials are vetted by companies with ties to the drugmakers, raising concerns about conflicts of interest and ...

After a private equity firm acquires a hospital, its emergency room death rate increases by 13.4%, or about seven additional ...

Electronic Arts is going private in a deal powered by Saudi Arabia, Jared Kushner, and Private Equity in a huge $55 Billion ...

A new study has unveiled the latest consequence of private-equity ownership on a hospital — more patient deaths in the ...