https://pitchbook.com/tag/pe-101 pe-101 en-US Wed, 08 Sep 2021 00:00:00 GMT https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/how-private-equity-firms-make-money How do PE firms make money? There are really just three main ways: fees, carried interest and dividend recaps. Let us explain. Wed, 08 Sep 2021 00:00:00 GMT https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/how-private-equity-firms-make-money https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/what-is-a-sovereign-wealth-fund Sovereign wealth funds represent around $8 trillion in assets under management. That's more than the world's hedge funds. That's more than private equity. But how do they manage all that cash? Wed, 23 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMT https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/what-is-a-sovereign-wealth-fund https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/qa-sais-roger-leeds-discusses-private-equity-in-emerging-markets Emerging market countries may well represent the greatest opportunity for growth in the private equity industry over the coming years. Fri, 20 Feb 2015 00:00:00 GMT https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/qa-sais-roger-leeds-discusses-private-equity-in-emerging-markets https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/characteristics-of-growth-deals As part of the PitchBook Knowledge Center, we have defined and explained some of the characteristics of growth deals in private equity. Tue, 22 Apr 2014 00:00:00 GMT https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/characteristics-of-growth-deals https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/the-rise-of-growth-deals-another-pe-model-for-a-post-crisis-world In the larger scheme of private equity investing, growth equity tends to take a back seat to buyouts, particularly larger ones, which receive the most coverage. Tue, 22 Apr 2014 00:00:00 GMT https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/the-rise-of-growth-deals-another-pe-model-for-a-post-crisis-world https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/what-private-equity-does Casual observers often lump private equity in with the rest of Wall Street, particularly hedge funds and investment banks. But no one really does what PE does. Tue, 25 Mar 2014 00:00:00 GMT https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/what-private-equity-does https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/buy-and-build-the-new-pe-model-for-a-post-crisis-world A look at a new PE Model that has been prevalent after the financial crisis. Tue, 25 Feb 2014 00:00:00 GMT https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/buy-and-build-the-new-pe-model-for-a-post-crisis-world https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/secondary-buyouts-the-ins-and-outs Secondary buyouts occur when PE firms sell control of a company to another PE firm. The transaction seems simple at a glance, but there are several implications Fri, 07 Feb 2014 00:00:00 GMT https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/secondary-buyouts-the-ins-and-outs https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/understanding-dividend-recaps Before exiting a portfolio company, many PE firms opt to generate pre-sale returns on their investments through transactions known as dividend recapitalizations Mon, 20 Jan 2014 00:00:00 GMT https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/understanding-dividend-recaps https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/an-introduction-to-limited-partnerships The limited partnership serves as the most common legal structure for private equity funds. Fri, 27 Sep 2013 00:00:00 GMT https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/an-introduction-to-limited-partnerships https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/how-private-equity-firms-create-value A common misconception is that private equity firms create this value by asset-stripping and wantonly loading their portfolio companies with debt. Wed, 28 Aug 2013 00:00:00 GMT https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/how-private-equity-firms-create-value