private equity

With shares of Apollo Global Management LLC (NYSE: APO) down 12.5 percent this year, now is a compelling time to buy, according to Morgan Stanley. The Analyst Morgan Stanley’s Michael Cyprus reiterated an Overweight rating on Apollo with a $41 price target. The Thesis Cyprus gave three...

Hedge fund assets are expected to hit an all-time high in 2018, according to a new Agecroft Partners report.  While the the industry's public image is often negative, hedge fund assets are up for five consecutive quarters — reaching a new high in 2017 — and are expected to move...

After gaining nearly 75 percent over the past year, Apollo Global Management LLC (NYSE: APO)'s stock still has plenty of runway ahead in 2018, according to Wall Street's latest bullish analyst. The Analyst Morgan Stanley's Michael Cyprys upgraded Apollo Global's stock rating from...

Struggling restaurant chain Buffalo Wild Wings (NASDAQ: BWLD) saw its stock dip below the $100 per share earlier this year, but was thrown a lifeline in the form of a takeout offer. What You Need To Know Roark Capital, a private equity investment firm that owns various restaurant chains including...

Shares of Buffalo Wild Wings (NASDAQ: BWLD) surged higher by more than 25 percent after the restaurant chain received a take-out offer. What You Need To Know Roark Capital offered to buy the chicken wing casual fast food chain for $2.3 billion, or more than $150 per share, according to a report...

President Donald Trump's nominee to serve as the Federal Reserve's vice chair of supervision is great news for bank investors, CNBC's Jim Cramer argued during his daily "Mad Money" show Tuesday. Trump nominated Randal Quarles, a private equity professional and former undersecretary of the Treasury...

Shares of Big Lots, Inc. (NYSE: BIG) have lost 4 percent since in 2017 and are trading at a discount versus its peers, Loop Capital Markets' Anthony Chukumba commented in a report. As such, it may be a good idea for the company to go private since it's suffering from a "lack of respect...

Leon Black famously said three years ago that his private equity firm Apollo Global Management would be "selling everything that's not nailed down." According to Forbes' Nathan Vardi, Black is now the "short seller killer of 2016" given his "spending spree," which has "made life particularly...

Many novice investors are unfamiliar with the concept of a business development company, or BDC for short. As is always the case, investors should broaden their scope of knowledge instead of missing out on a fast growing and potentially lucrative segment. A BDC is simply a closed-end investment...

China's private equity scene is exploding across the world, and it makes sense. Despite recent economic woes, China's economy is still expanding, although at a slower rate than in the past. China's desire to gain exposure to assets across the world has resulted in Chinese private equity firms...