PlayBook 4Q 2019

In the past couple of years, private equity has received intense, mounting scrutiny from all angles. What can the industry do? For starters, try being more transparent.

The tech industry in the US has historically drawn some of the world’s brightest minds, but political gridlock and convoluted policies are making it harder to keep them.

For the latest edition of our Private Market PlayBook, we spoke to Blackstone founder and CEO Stephen Schwarzman about his firm’s growth, the future of PE and the worst investment he ever made.

This year was meant to be triumphal for a16z. But four highly-anticipated IPOs failed to impress and a report emerged that its fund returns have been falling off. What’s next for the iconic VC firm?

The PitchBook Private Market PlayBook is a quarterly magazine that delivers up-to-date analysis of private markets, with special features relevant to patterns and trends across the asset classes.