Private Equity Fund Structure . Private equity funds can engage in leveraged buyouts (LBOs), mezzanine debt, private placement loans, and distressed debt, or they can serve in the portfolio of a ...

Private equity has been largely the province of ultra-rich investors, endowments and pension funds. That may be changing.

In a typical bull market, private equity sponsors exit out of portfolio assets through IPOs, strategic sales and sponsor-to-sponsor buyouts. But ...

Morgan Stanley Investment Management (MSIM) has introduced a new evergreen private equity fund aimed at expanding access to institutional-quality investments for individual investors. The newly ...

Thanks to the evolution of fund structures like interval funds, everyday investors and their advisors now have access to private equity, private credit, real estate and other less-liquid ...

Private-equity funds are increasingly available to retail investors. Be careful; the smart money has cashed out. Last Updated: June 4, 2025 at 3:30 p.m. ET First Published: June 4, 2025 at 8:45 a ...

Big private equity investors are taking advantage of a flood of capital from wealthy individuals to cash out their buyout fund holdings at higher prices despite the industry’s years-long downturn.

Could traders — at hedge funds, family offices and proprietary trading firms — now be an even bigger client base than the private equity universe? The numbers suggests it might be so.

Private Equity Fund Structure. Private equity funds can engage in leveraged buyouts (LBOs), mezzanine debt, private placement loans, and distressed debt, or they can serve in the portfolio of a ...