This episode originally aired on July 21, 2025. From dog food to mattresses and from Chef Boyardee to wedding dresses, a new type of investment firm is making monthly headlines with how it acquires ...

Despite major advances across the broader dealmaking landscape, commercial due diligence has evolved more slowly.

Private equity, the business of buying companies, fixing them up and selling them for a profit, is in a bind. The industry boomed during the era of low interest rates, when private equity firms could ...

Sherman McCoy, the lead character in the 1987 book The Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe, was described as a “master of the universe” due to his role as the highest-earning bond trader at his ...