Tag: Private Equity
How buyout firms are boosting profits despite a lack of deals
Business
on the money
By Lydia Moynihan
Published
Jan. 18, 2024, 3:33 p.m. ET
After a so-called “lost year” when private equity deal volume slumped amid sky-high interest...
At Davos, Sam Altman is a headliner, with star status scrutiny...
In Davos, Sam Altman’s a star.
It may seem obvious, but it bears repeating—this time last year, ChatGPT was still pretty new to the public...
Top Tier Capital lands $1.05B to invest in funds and startups
Image Credits: Viaframe / Getty ImagesDespite the mixed recent news on inflation, capital’s still flowing healthily into Silicon Valley. Case in point, Top Tier...
PE firm Trinity Hunt Partners forms Springline Advisory with MarksNelson
Trinity Hunt Partners, a Dallas-based private equity firm, is looking to expand its presence in the accounting sector by creating Springline Advisory in partnership...
BlackRock’s $12.5B acquisition of Global Infrastructure Partners wins praise
Published: Jan. 17, 2024 at 9:56 a.m. ET
BlackRock Inc.’s plan to buy major private-equity firm Global Infrastructure Partners for...
London firms dust off ‘defence manuals’ ahead of private equity offensive
London’s listed firms have been dusting off “defence manuals” and conducting “dry-runs” in recent months as they prepare to fend off unwanted approaches from...
Career prospects in fintech-based venture capital and private equity
The financial world is in the midst of a digital revolution. At the heart of this transformation is fintech, or financial technology. Fintech is...
Private equity firms among GoodRx Holdings, Inc.’s (NASDAQ:GDRX) largest shareholders, saw...
Key InsightsSignificant control over GoodRx Holdings by private equity firms implies that the general public has more power to influence management and governance-related decisionsThe...
Garry Tan says founders ‘have to be in San Francisco’ as...
Ever since Garry Tan came on as Y Combinator CEO last year, there have been changes.
Last March, Tan cut its late-stage investing and laid...