Tag: privateequity

Private equity, as opposed to getting funding from the public market (think stock market), relies on investment funds that come from private investors.  Private equity funds are formed by collecting money from a few or sometimes thousands of investors, and then using that money to invest in private companies.  Private…

Private equity funding is a kind of investing that occurs privately, rather than publicly as on the stock exchange. Here, an investor puts in the capital with a private equity firm, the firm then manages that money into a company, and the investor receives a buyout on that in time.…

In our Plancorp Family Office practice, we often work with clients who are frequently presented with opportunities to invest in non-traditional offerings such as private equity, private real estate, hedge funds, etc. First things first. We ultimately believe a family’s “core” wealth is best managed with a portfolio of liquid,…

At Private Equity Wire’s Technology Summit last month, we participated in the Data Analytics panel. The panel discussed technology developments, tools, and insights. What should private equity firms be doing to optimize the way they source and aggregate data? Can predictive analytics help bring marginal gains to investment portfolios? The…

Investors were net purchasers of mutual fund assets for the second month in a row, injecting $6.9 billion into the conventional funds business (excluding ETFs, which are reviewed in the section below) for September. For the sixth month in a row, stock & mixed-assets funds experienced net outflows (-$31.2 billion).…