private equity

Consumer

Keurig Dr Pepper’s Shares Fizz Amid Private Equity Cash Infusion

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The recent investment from private equity firms could help protect Keurig Dr Pepper from activist investors like Starboard.

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ETF Upside

Goldman’s New Fund Designed for PE Returns, Sans the PE

The Goldman Sachs MSCI World Private Equity Return Tracker ETF does its best to replicate PE performance with publicly traded stocks.

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Industrials

US Army Recruits Private Equity for $150 Billion Infrastructure Overhaul

Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll has promised to adopt a “Silicon Valley approach” to deploy new weapons faster and expedite upgrades.

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Finance

Too Big to Fix: IPO Revival Unlikely to Reverse Three-Decade Slide in Stock Exchange Listings

In the late 1990s, there were roughly 8,000 US companies traded on stock exchanges. Today, estimates say it’s about half of that.

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ETF Upside

Why Private Equity Is Making Small-Cap Investing Harder

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Active managers like to tout their defy-the-odds abilities, but chances to get in on tomorrow’s large cap stocks slimmer, Morningstar says.

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Social Media

The TikTok Deal Is Done. Sort of. Like, So Close

When all is said and done (or if all is said and done), Oracle, Silver Lake and MGX are expected to control about 50% of the company.

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Advisor Upside

Why ‘Throwing Darts’ in Private Markets Isn’t Enough

The opportunities to invest are expanding, but due diligence is key.

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Advisor Upside

Goldman, T. Rowe Team Up for Public-Private Offerings

Investing $1 billion in T. Rowe may be more efficient for Goldman than building out its own channel.

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Private Equity

Carlyle, Goldman Spot Dollar Signs in Private Equity’s Liquidity Logjam

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Last year marked the first time since Bain & Co started tracking data in 2005 that the private equity industry shrunk.

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Advisor Upside

Playing the Benchmarking Game With Allan Roth

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Benchmarking portfolios is part science and part judgment, which makes it susceptible to bias. Fortunately, there are ways to limit that.

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Advisor Upside

Advisors Start Cramming to Meet Growing Private Market Demand

Apollo Global Management CEO Marc Rowan believes that allocations to private markets will make up a third of client portfolios in the future.

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Advisor Upside

Family Offices Explore Private Credit as Private Equity Returns Stall

Economic uncertainty and rising geopolitical tensions have family offices becoming more selective with their allocations, per BlackRock.

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Private Equity

Thoma Bravo’s $34B Win Leaves PE Rivals Choking on Exhaust Fumes

Private equity is stuck in a cycle of fewer exits, fewer returns, and fewer backers willing to sign up for new funds.

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