Getting into private equity

“The lesson of history,” it is said, “is that the lessons of history are never learned.” Does the same apply to investment? Investors, amateur and professional alike, spend a huge amount of time porin

Issue of the week: private dysfunction? A brief ...

Private equity has grown rapidly in recent years. By 2024, there were more than $6trn in private equity assets, up from $2trn a decade ago, according to data firm Preqin. Venture capital added about $

The past may be a foreign country, but it often feels very familiar. The first edition of MoneyWeek appeared 25 years ago this week, on 4 November 2000, just as a huge stockmarket boom based on a pote

Petrofac goes bust: Around 2,000 jobs in Scotland are at risk after North Sea oilfield services group Petrofac filed for administration, says Philip Georgiadis in the Financial Times. The trigger was

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