Talk:Private equity

50% of all business loans are done through private equity. Many banks are not lending to small businesses. And private equity was a needed as a source of loans to small businesses during the pandemic and its lockdowns.

Long live private equity! Down with banksters at big banks who took Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP) money at taxpayers' expense! Conservative (talk) 19:23, June 15, 2023 (EDT)

Donald Trump funded his social media company Truth Social via private equity

"When former President Donald Trump’s fledgling social media company and its merger partner announced in December that they had secured $1 billion in additional private funds for the deal, it set off speculation about the identities of the investors.

Who were the roughly three dozen investors betting on the success of the former president’s new company? Were they big Wall Street names? Political supporters of Trump? Technology and media funds sold on the promise of a right-wing alternative to Twitter?"[1] Conservative (talk) 19:30, June 15, 2023 (EDT)

Who are these alleged oligarchs who control private equity in the USA and the world?

The article claims that oligarchs control private equity.

Who are the oligarchs who control private equity in the USA and the world?

I received some commission money from a private equity commercial lending company in 2022 so I was wondering who these oligarchs are. But frankly, I have my doubts that they exist. I did some initial poking around the internet and I found no trace of these alleged oligarchs. Conservative (talk) 22:26, May 12, 2024 (EDT)

"Little research has been done on such private lenders, according to the researchers, who note that there’s not even a standard definition of private debt. They define the funds in question as those that raise money through private equity and similar closed-end funds, then make senior loans like banks do." - With Business Loans Harder to Get, Private Debt Funds Are Stepping In, Chicago Booth Review, 2024

The Secretive Industry Devouring the U.S. Economy: Private equity has made one-fifth of the market effectively invisible to investors, the media, and regulators. The Atlantic, 2023

So as far as the big picture, I doubt there much research on who owns the private equity companies. Conservative (talk) 00:49, May 13, 2024 (EDT)

Private equity opposes Trump

Private equity generally opposes Trump, and is pro-globalism. Why was that deleted? Prominent examples include Mitt Romney and Pat Toomey.--Andy Schlafly (talk) 13:23, May 13, 2024 (EDT)

Because I could not find any record of private equity generally opposing Trump. It might be true, but it might not be true. As a lawyer, you know that you need evidence to support a case. It's a type of financing that has not been throughly researched as I documented.

Also, Trump's Truth Social used private equity funding. Lastly, I did some work for a private equity firm owned by someone pro-Trump/Pro-Republican and he paid me in a timely manner. Conservative (talk) 13:45, May 13, 2024 (EDT)

Investopedia on private equity firms and two questions that I have that other readers may have

"Supporters of the private equity industry argue that it plays a crucial role in the economy. They emphasize the ability of private equity firms to infuse capital into struggling companies, potentially saving them from bankruptcy and preserving jobs. These firms have the financial resources and strategic expertise to carry out changes needed by whoever owns them while streamlining operations and driving growth.

Defenders also note that private equity’s focus on maximizing returns aligns with the interests of investors, including pension funds and endowments, which in turn benefits retirees and beneficiaries. The UK-based researchers John Gilligan and Mike Wright, who have written a major textbook on the industry, which includes a summary of their problems with critics’ accounts, have argued that many of the concerns about PE are from cherry-picking specific cases or unrepresentative parts of the industry.

While not everyone will agree with every defense of PE they make, it’s hard to argue with their call for more “qualitative studies that take account of all relevant perspectives instead of relying only on a managerial, private equity firm, employee, or trade union perspectives."[2]

Two questions I have about the private equity field are: What is or are the alternative and why has the industry seen a big jump? I read the article and the article does not address these two questions.

Here is my guess. The 2007/2008 crisis saw a drying up of banker money and private equity stepped in. Conservative (talk) 05:01, May 24, 2024 (EDT)