Private equity cash infusions into college sports come with plenty of much-discussed criticism and skepticism. So what's the case for it?

A pedestrian walks past a boarded up Wine and Spirits store, Wednesday, March 18, 2020, in Upper Darby, Pa. The local hospital in the town, owned by a private equity firm, has shuttered its maternity ...

Private equity firms have increased their participation in the US health care system, raising questions about incentive alignment and downstream effects on patients. However, there is a lack of ...

As private equity firms continue to increase their ownership stake in various health care sectors in the US, questions arise about potential impacts on the organization and delivery of care. Using a ...

Mr. Ballou is an attorney and the author of the forthcoming “Plunder: Private Equity’s Plan to Pillage America,” from which this essay is adapted. “Private equity” is a term we’ve all heard but which, ...

A new study has unveiled the latest consequence of private-equity ownership on a hospital — more patient deaths in the emergency room. The analysis, done by researchers at Harvard Medical School, ...

New research, focused on 19 of the 25 largest U.S. private equity-leveraged buyout families, argues private equity is riskier than the publicly traded funds in which defined contribution plans ...

A provocative new research paper confirms many of the fears about private equity firms buying up America’s newspapers. For those concerned about dwindling local news coverage, the paper offers an ...

America’s local newspapers are struggling to stay afloat. Since 2005 roughly 2,200 of them have folded. Private-equity firms, which often swoop on companies in distress, have descended on the industry ...