Buyout bosses don’t have much to look forward to this year: debt markets aren’t likely to rebound much and traditional leveraged buyouts will be scarce.

The proposed deal is unusual because it is one of the first transactions involving unregulated private equity firms acquiring a majority stake in a bank holding company.

Several private equity firms used individual funds to tap the public markets for cash during the borrowing boom. Only it hasn’t worked out well.

The equity firm would pay $1 billion to a company it once bid on, bringing a hasty end to one of the largest battles over a leveraged buyout.

To understand why investors are selling more than $100 billion worth of buyout investments at a huge loss, Ivy Leaguers might have to think outside the box.

Investors bid up shares after reports that Jonathan Miller, AOL’s former chief executive, is attempting a private buyout of Yahoo.

Investors bid up shares after reports that Jonathan Miller, AOL’s former chief executive, is attempting a private buyout of Yahoo.

Some of the nation’s universities are trying to sell chunks of their portfolios privately as their endowments swoon with the markets.

The private equity firm said it was delaying the purchase of a publicly listed affiliate until next year, a step it was to take before it could go public itself.

Analysts expect an array of private equity firms to face pressure as profits shrink and creditors come knocking.