private equity

British  

noun

1. finance equity in a business that is raised from private sources, as opposed to shares that can be traded publicly

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private equity

The managers of funds offering private equity, private credit, nontraded real estate and other alternative assets say it isn’t fair that pension funds and university endowments have access to such funds while small investors don’t.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

Historically, private equity and private debt funds imposed lock-ups that prevented accredited investors from accessing their funds for long periods of time.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026

Shares of CCC Intelligent Solutions jump following a report that said Elliott Investment Management and a private equity firm were eyeing an acquisition.

From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026

Right now, everyone kind of comes out on a different end in terms of how much they believe powerful industries like private equity and tech can actually change the world for good.

From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2026

Their stint in the private equity business—in which firms buy and sell entire companies over the counter—led them to believe that private stock markets might be more efficient than public ones.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

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