A former Federal Reserve Governor (from 2006-2008) and a former Treasury official discuss the Fed’s and U.S. government’s …
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The Benefits of Buying Distressed Assets
Studies of mergers and acquisitions have struggled to identify characteristics of M&A transactions that are consistently associated with …
What Public Companies Can Learn from Private Equity Pay Plans
Studies of private equity pay, including one by current SEC commissioner Robert Jackson, have pointed to restrictions on …
A Tale of Leadership in Value Creation
In this prologue to his new book, Curing Corporate Short-Termism, the founder and CEO of Fortuna Advisors presents …
A CEO’s Playbook for Creating Long-Term Value: Ten Essential Resource...
A former CEO of a large and successful public company teams up with a former chief investment strategist …
Private Equity and the Covid-19 Economic Downturn: Opportunity for Expansion?
The coronavirus-related global economic downturn poses a significant risk to PE portfolio companies, but also represents a significant …
EQT: Private Equity with a Purpose
The primary factors driving the remarkable growth of private equity have been the industry’s attractive and stable returns …
Board 3.0: What the Private-Equity Governance Model Can Offer Public...
The authors view board structures as an adaptive institution that responds to the key challenges faced by public …
Private Equity: Accomplishments and Challenges
The authors provide an overview of the main accomplishments of private equity since the emergence of leveraged buyouts …
Private Equity and Portfolio Companies: Lessons from the Global Financial...
Critics of private equity have warned that the high leverage often used in PE-backed companies could contribute to …