An important fiduciary duty lawsuit against some of the biggest names in the hedge fund and private equity worlds is moving forward. If the plaintiffs win, it could change the balance of power between investors and fund managers.
Read more...CalPERS looks not just reckless but also foolish as it keeps rejiggering a dubious private equity scheme that it presented as ready to go months ago.
Read more...The Post Office, its Universal Service Obligation, privatization efforts, how (and possibly why) those efforts are stalled.
Read more...Another look at the ugly Sears bankruptcy.
Read more...Why is the media covering up that Deval Patrick became wealthy via asset-stripping at Bain Capital?
Read more...CalPERS is flailing about with its private equity “new business model.”
Read more...Fake unicorns are a real problem for the venture capital industry.
Read more...CalPERS board members and staff have violated state conflict of interest rules to a degree that appears to be criminal.
Read more...CalPERS’ new PE business model embodies major corporate governance flaws– yet another reason to question Marcie Frost’s competence as CEO.
Read more...CalPERS CEO Marcie Frost is totally out of her depth, but as drowning people often do, she’ll pull other people down to save herself. In this case, it’s the CalPERS board.
Read more...CalPERS CEO Marcie Frost continues to damage her already-tarnished name by flogging a hare-brained private equity “new business model” for which she cannot provide a coherent justification.
Read more...Grocery chains as yet another example of private equity looting, and what policymakers should do to stop that.
Read more...The remarkable tale of the biggest private equity fund insolvency evah, Abraaj.
Read more...Toys ‘R’ Us will be back, albeit in a skinnied down form.
Read more...Once again, some Uber and Lyft data that ought to generate more questions instead gets a free pass from the press.
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