Happy 2026 and welcome back to Dealmaker!Private equity has long loved software companies, which generate gobs of steady cash ...

The best private student loans offer competitive interest and annual percentage rates, have low origination, disbursement or prepayment fees (or none at all) and are offered by credible lenders.

Discover the steps investment banking analysts need to take to transition into lucrative private equity associate roles, ...

State Street Corp. seemed to perfectly time the private-markets wave, debuting a private credit exchange-traded fund in February months ahead of an executive order that aimed to push more investors ...

Alternatives have been the preserve of institutional investors for decades but now, more than at any other time, a confluence of factors is paving the way for individual investors to be drivers of ...

Joseph Nguyen is a contributing author at Investopedia and a research analyst with experience at a securities brokerage firm. Samantha (Sam) Silberstein, CFP®, CSLP®, EA, is an experienced financial ...

Private equity has had quite a boom over the last couple of decades. Here are some stats: The number of private equity firms has grown from just 24 in 1980 to 17,000 in the U.S. alone today. In 2000, ...

Nonprofit organizations play a key role in the social and economic well-being of a country. They benefit society in ways that the private sector might not, which is part of the reason why a majority ...

Lorrie Cranor receives funding from Bosch, Carnegie Corporation of New York, Carnegie Mellon CyLab, DARPA, DuckDuckGo, Facebook, an endowed professorship established by the founders of FORE Systems, ...