SAO PAULO, Dec 17 (Reuters) - Private equity firm Advent International Corp said on Tuesday it had bought Brazilian auto parts retailer Rondobras, with 54 stores, its latest such acquisition in Latin ...

Private equity, the business of buying companies, fixing them up and selling them for a profit, is in a bind. The industry boomed during the era of low interest rates, when private equity firms could ...

When private equity firms present their track records to investors, the charts often look too good to be true—higher returns with lower volatility than public markets. As it turns out, they often are ...

Working in the investment world, I’ve learned that “private equity” means different things to different people. For some, it signals high risk. For others, it’s a mysterious club reserved only for the ...