Goldman Sachs started coverage on the private equity and alternative asset management and hedge funds on Tuesday.
On tonight’s MAD MONEY on CNBC, Cramer says that Gap Inc. (GPS-NYSE) keeps saying "I’m going higher!"  He says it’s a triple buy even though it is the worst of the...
The Alaska Permanent Fund scaling back its private equity commitments could be good news for its public equities portfolio. 
Private equity firm Thoma Bravo has agreed to pay $12.3 billion in cash for cybersecurity firm Proofpoint. A go-shop period of 45 days is included, so Proofpoint can shop around for a better offer.
24/7 Wall St. is preparing break-up values for several dozen companies that have market caps of $10 billion to $100 billion. The larger number is considered to be the high water mark of what private...
Source: Restoration HardwareA filing was made last week by Restoration Hardware Holdings Inc. (NYSE: RH) to allow its insiders and backers to sell shares in a secondary offering. While the stock has...
It now might be easier to argue that Berkshire Hathaway is becoming more like a public private equity shop, rather than being a conglomerate.
In our daily stock and market rumors wrap up each morning, an interesting issue stood out this morning.  Zale Corporation (NYSE: ZLC) may be in play.  This is a continuation of other rumors about...
Private equity firm Thoma Bravo said this week it is teaming up with the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority to buy Coupa Software.
Bankrate, Inc. is about to be public again.  This online personal finance content maker was taken private by affiliates of Apax Partners.  The terms of the initial public offering are currently for...
Private equity and hedge fund money is all over Detroit, driving through the streets with trucks filled with gold. KPS Special Situations has put $23 million into Jernberg Industries. The car parts...
Private equity firm Cerberus has terminated its acquisition offer to acquire Affiliated Computer Services Inc. (NYSE:ACS).  This was a $6.2 Billion deal that valued Affiliated at $62 per share....
The SEC announced that a New York-based private equity firm and four executives will settle charges regarding a failure to disclose conflicts of interest.
Though Polycom received a revised non-binding acquisition offer from a private equity firm worth more than $1.6 billion, it reaffirmed its previous commitment to merge with Mitel Networks.
United Rentals, Inc. (NYSE: URI) is a leftover public company from the wave of failed private equity buyouts (of Cerberus) right before the recession took hold.  As far as infrastructure building...