Private Equity, Saddled With Investments It Can’t Sell, Loses Its Luster
23 December 2025 at 18:00
As funds deliver mediocre returns and sheds investors, the industry is struggling to unload 31,000 investments, an increase over this time last year.
Harvey Schwartz, chief executive of Carlyle, one of the world’s largest private equity firms, had predicted a banner year for the industry.

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