Noun
private equity (countable and uncountable, plural private equities)
An investment fund that specializes in buying companies in order to restructure and then sell them with a profit.
Synonym: PE
A good default, like Portugal or Greece, would be very good for the private equity business. David Bonderman
I delivered lectures, and I was also a consultant for international companies in finance, both private equity and big venture capital funds. Ehud Barak
Private equity firms aren't necessarily evil by definition. There are many stories of successful turnarounds fueled by private equity, often involving multiple floundering businesses that are rolled into a single entity, eliminating duplicative overhead. Matt Taibbi
People used to think that private equity was basically just a compensation scheme, but it is much more about making companies more efficient. David Rubenstein
It's clear to me when you do private equity well, you're making companies more efficient and helping them grow and become more profitable. That success means our investors - such as public pension funds - benefit, which contributes to the economic wealth of society. David Rubenstein
In our equities business, 49 of the 50 most important Lehman clients are back doing business with us. The flows are 75 to 80 per cent of what they were prior to the bankruptcy. The issues which damaged Lehman were around commercial mortgages and illiquid private equity assets. Bob Diamond