When Chris Cole walked away from his post as one of Goldman Sachs Group Inc.’s top investment bankers back in 2016 to co-found a small advisory firm, it wasn’t the best moment. The business his new firm would specialize in — transactions in the financial...
Investors dump debt designed to pay out when developing nations face serious outbreaks Investors are betting that a special pandemic bond issued by the World Bank will pay out relief funds to countries affected by the coronavirus, as the death toll from the outbreak...
Firms in the US and UK are hiring groups of people in one joined-up round of recruiting Private equity firms are hiring between five to 15 executives on average in one go for their portfolio companies, moving away from individual recruitment strategies, according to...
All the numbers point to private equity and venture capital being at a peak. But it’s not for the reasons many think, according to McKinsey. Institutions once invested in private equity for the potential to earn higher returns than other asset classes, and the...
The biggest PE shops are doing more hiring from elite MBA programs, and they’re filling spots for a wider variety of roles than in the past. We surveyed 13 top business schools and spoke with some of their professors to understand the trends in where their...
