By Michael Abboud, TetherView Do you have any idea how often hackers attack? A University of Maryland study says a cyberattack on average happens every 39 seconds. That’s 2,200 attempts a day, more than 800,000 a year. Countless companies — Sony, JP Morgan, Target and Equifax, to name just a few — have fallen prey to […]
Will the buzz around ‘Social Determinants of Health’ translate to PE investment?
A megadeal doesn’t happen in isolation. It doesn’t just emerge on the scene, everyone gawks, it gets done, and then everyone goes back to what they were doing. It has consequences. And in the private equity secondaries market, the advent of the $5 billion megadeal is likely to have a major impact. Two megadeals are […]
Advent dives into home health, Carlyle's Steve Wise talks healthcare
Lexington raises $10B for latest secondaries fund; KKR to buy Corel from Vector; CalPERS develops plan to reboot PE co-investments
By Patrick McCormick, Plante Moran The boomers are coming: The massive generation born after World War II is starting to hit old age, a turning point that many senior-care operators and investors are viewing as a kind of salvation. As PE in recent years has poured investment into the assisted-living sector, many markets have become […]
Warren Buffett has long been a critic of private equity, and he was at it again this month at Berkshire Hathaway’s annual meeting, according to Bloomberg. Buffett questioned private equity’s performance calculations and cast doubt on the legitimacy of using internal rate of return as a measure of performance. He argued that firms will include […]
By Tyler Newton, Catalyst Investors No one these days needs statistics to show that private equity and venture capital are too male-dominated. But here they are, from Bella Private Markets, showing that females control only 3.4% of the assets in PE. Go to investment-firm websites and see how many women are on the investment teams. That’s […]
Opportunity emerges at nexus of regenerative medicine, medical device segments
By Chris Steele, Saggezza Skydivers and police officers know their daily jobs come with inherent risks. Likewise, private equity firms know that any given deal thesis might not realize the expected return on investment, even after meticulous due diligence. But some risks, particularly in IT, can be spotted and addressed pre-deal signing. Unaddressed, these four […]