In 2015, the tech industry was reeling over the lack of gender and ethnic diversity among its employees at all levels. Like other tech giants back then, Intel acknowledged shortcomings and launched a corporate campaign to achieve greater diversity and inclusion in its...
In the last decade, there has been a remarkable shift in ownership of healthcare delivery. Previously independent, physician-owned medical practices have been acquired by private equity firms and publicly traded corporations. The rationale for these acquisitions...
Blackstone Group CEO Stephen Schwarzman has made countless successful business deals, but one that he remembers most vividly was a failure — an expensive one, at that. Today, Blackstone Group is one of the largest private equity firms in the world, but in...
With global dry powder at a record $1.5 trillion, is the Covid crisis simply an opportunity for private equity firms to snap up firms on the cheap, or will the decade-long rise of private equity in Europe finally start to slow? The coronavirus pandemic brought an end...
LGT Capital Partners ESG Report 2020 reveals that 81 per cent of private equity managers already integrate ESG into their investment process, and a large part of the focus is shifting toward climate awareness. According to Keimpe Keuning, executive director at LGT... 