Political Ads Don’t Tell Full Story on Private Equity

More than three decades after private equity burst onto the scene in the merger mania of the 1980s, the industry remains as mysterious and controversial as ever.

Obama national co-chair works in private equity, like Romney

One of President Barack Obama’s top campaign spokesmen is a private equity manager whose firm has shut down several factories and laid off hundreds of people amid a stalled economy.

Private equity industry fights back as attacks continue

Trade group releases video defending private equity industry as it remains front and center in the 2012 presidential campaign

Private equity’s evil twin

The Facebook IPO debacle exposed venture capital as just as problematic as the industry that gave us Romney

Private equity shops buy Global Blue for 1 bln eur

LONDON, May 24 (Reuters) - Private equity groups Silver Lakeand Partners Group have agreed to buy Swiss-based tax-freeshopping business Global Blue for 1 billion euros ($1.3 billion)from rival Equistone, ...