The year 2006 is one of the most important ever for the buyout industry because so much capital was formed and put to work in a frothy environment. So how is the “class of 2006” looking today?

The U.S. manufacturing sector is being transformed and The Carlyle Group has placed some very large bets that revival will continue in a big way.

Kirk Griswold, Founding Partner of Wayne, Pennsylvania-based Argosy Capital, describes his firm’s investment in Atlantic Diagnostics.

Kirk Griswold, Founding Partner of Wayne, Pennsylvania-based Argosy Capital, describes the state of the deal market.

Ted Carroll of Noson Lawen Partners describes his firm’s investment in and exit from Dolan Media.

So many LPs have “Canada envy” in coveting direct investment capabilities, but very few will have the financial or governance wherewithal to make this happen.

Mitchell Hollin of LLR Partners discusses his firm’s 2012 investment in Orbis Education.

Glenn Youngkin, Managing Director and COO of The Carlyle Group, describes the firm’s unique approach to growing, scaling and keeping team members focused.

In today’s fundraising market, there is “more confusion than ever” around private equity valuations, say three experts; hence, the cachet of solid cash-on-cash performance figures from GPs.

An overview of the partnership struck between ILPA and Cambridge Associates to create a powerful new institutional benchmark in private equity.

The right reasons to allocate to private equity secondaries, including a desire for instant portfolio diversification.

Small businesses need to become “small giants” by tapping the resources, expertise and networks that a private equity firm can provide, according to Terrence Mullen, a Partner at New York-based Arsenal Capital Partners.