Jeffrey C. Hooke is a senior lecturer in finance at Johns Hopkins Carey Business School. His books include Security Analysis on Wall Street and M&A: A Practical Guide to Doing the Deal. He has decades of experience as an investment banker and a private investment executive at major firms.
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Once an obscure niche of the investment world, private equity has grown into a juggernaut, with consequences for a wide range of industries as well as the financial markets. Private equity funds control companies that represent trillions of dollars in ass... SEE MORE