private equity fund

[ prahy-vit ek-wi-tee fuhnd ]

noun

1. an investment partnership that invests directly in private companies, with a profit objective based on the long-term potential.

Word History and Origins

Origin of private equity fund¹

First recorded in 1990–95

Example Sentences

If you’re a private equity fund and you don’t like to be regulated, what do you do?

From Slate

Circuit, which normally has jurisdiction over the financial industry, Scalia has helped several private equity fund managers create a nonprofit with an address in Austin, Texas.

From Slate

It would also cost Trump a lot more because bonding agencies typically charge an annual fee of 1 or 2 percent the value of the bond, while a private equity fund would likely charge much more for taking on this level of risk.

From Slate

“You could have an intermediary in place. Like, maybe a private equity fund would give $500 million in cash collateral to an insurance bond writer if Trump would give that private equity fund pretty significant real estate collateral,” Pollock said.

From Slate

For example, a single private equity fund can own up to 15 percent of an M.L.B. team, which can only sell 30 percent of its shares to institutional investors.

From New York Times