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Myths vs. Facts: What Do Private Equity Firms Do?

Viking Mergers

If you have ever looked into selling a business, you may have learned that there are many types of buyers and deal structures, from employee buyouts, strategic acquisitions, to private equity firms. We have noticed many misconceptions about a particular kind of buyer: the private equity firm.

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Private equity considerations from the SEC’s climate proposal

Harvard Corporate Governance

Investment in environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors is a top priority for private equity, and it has been for quite some time. In fact, 72% of large private equity firms with annual revenues of $50 million to $1 billion have incorporated ESG strategies into their portfolio of asset classes. [2].

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Who Employs Your Doctor? Increasingly, a Private Equity Firm

NYT M&A

A new study finds that private equity firms own more than half of all specialists in certain U.S. markets.

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The Market for CEOs: Evidence from Private Equity

Harvard Corporate Governance

A wide range of research examines the market for CEOs and executive mobility in public companies while largely ignoring the market for CEOs in private equity funded companies. companies (enterprise value greater than $1 billion) purchased by private equity firms between 2010 and 2016.

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Private equity firms pivot away from traditional buyouts

Financial Times M&A

Blackstone and Apollo executives talk up scope to expand into private credit and infrastructure investing

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Music Licensing Giant BMI Sells to Private Equity Firm

NYT M&A

Broadcast Music Inc., one of the major performing rights organizations in the United States, collected $1.57 billion and distributed $1.47 billion for its 2022 fiscal year.

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Serious Medical Errors Rose After Private Equity Firms Bought Hospitals

NYT M&A

A new study shows an increase in the rate of inpatient complications, including infections and falls, though patients were no more likely to die.