A new annual report indicates that private equity performance is up based on real-deal, cash-on-the-barrelhead factors, writes David Snow

David Snow suggests eight tough questions to ask the private banker who wants to stick your money in a social-media investment vehicle.

EMI represents one of the biggest private equity losses ever, and it shares some interesting traits with previous big equity wipe-outs, writes David Snow

The transcript of a keynote speech given by Privcap co-founder David Snow on January 28, 2011, to the New Jersey Technology Council about why institutional investors are reorganizing their alternative strategies into different ‘buckets,’ and even thinking about doing away with certain buckets altogether.

The firm’s acquisition of AlpInvest will transform the most omnipresent private investor in the world into one of the most important backers of other people’s funds, writes David Snow

Brace yourself for the attack of the ‘value creation analysis template,’ a rigorous form of private-funds due diligence that asks investment managers to detail exactly where their returns came from, and an exercise that some managers find to be excruciating, writes David Snow

As hundreds of private funds reach old age, investors should beware the perverse incentives created by end-of-life misalignments, writes David Snow

Is your fund manager a true investment rock star or merely good at playing the role, asks David Snow

Across private capital markets, the key trends of 2011 will have been informed by an intense rethinking of the investment norms forged during the prior decade, writes David Snow