Private Equity
A new firm is launching to invest in sports, founded by Dave Checketts – a former exec of the New York Knicks and the Utah Jazz – and the Cynosure Group, a private investment firm founded by the Eccles family – the Salt Lake City family known for finance and sports; a look at a landmark settlement that’s expected to kick off more PE investment in college sports; healthcare tech is generating a lot of deal activity.
5 min read · 22 April 2025
The AIC plays an important advocacy role in the private equity industry. This year, one of the issues at stake is the taxation of carried interest.
2 min read · 21 April 2025
Parsing a special report on the private equity industry’s reaction to tariff turmoil, including a podcast featuring PE Hub and sister publication editors sharing conclusions based on their reporting.
3 min read · 21 April 2025
Up-and-down tariff moves underscore the uncertainty and volatility facing private equity firms and their investors globally this year.
6 min read · 14 April 2025
How are the tariffs affecting dealmaking in the sectors you invest in? How are they affecting deals already in the works? How are they affecting your portfolio companies? What strategies are you deploying to handle them? What targets have become less attractive, what targets have become more attractive?
5 min read · 07 April 2025
Congratulations to the Women in PE: The class of 2025! Each year, the special report from PE Hub and Buyouts showcases10 individuals who stand out in the private equity industry. For the next few days in the US Wire, we’ll feature their profiles, in alphabetical order. Today, we’re shining the spotlight on Melissa Dickerson from Genstar Capital, Kerstin Dittmar from L2 Point and Raudline Etienne from Daraja Capital.
6 min read · 31 March 2025
An interview with Anjan Mukherjee, co-founder and managing partner of emerging manager BayPine, which is focusing on digitizing the middle market; snippets from a video conversation between Eneasz Kadziela, head of private equity and deputy CIO for the New York City comptroller, and Chris Witkowsky, private equity editor, PEI Group; a preview of PEI Group’s Investor Relations Network’s New York Forum.
6 min read · 25 March 2025
'The entire technology industry... represents approximately 10% of US GDP. We believe the biggest tech trend of our generation is the digitalization of the rest of the economy – the other 90%.'
6 min read · 25 March 2025
A video conversation with Collin Roche, co-CEO at GTCR, about dealmaking in the financial services sector. And previewing this week's 20th anniversary of PEI Group’s Investor Relations Network’s New York Forum: interviews with The Jordan Company's Kristin Custar about brand evolution during market revolution and Hg's Tom Eckersley about brand evolution during market revolution.
3 min read · 24 March 2025
Looking back at NEXUS 2025: how PE pros are managing the current deal slowdown; the rise in employee ownership at PE companies and developing more empathy in CEOs.
6 min read · 17 March 2025