At this event, leading experts discussed the economic and legal merits of sovereign wealth fund investments and the likely policy landscape in which they will operate.

Globalization and rapid advances in high technology are transforming how we will live, work, and protect ourselves in the twenty-first century and beyond. Many of the most important and revolutionary of these changes are taking place in the developing world and emerging markets, offering new hope for even the poorest...

In the wake of the subprime mortgage crisis, a number of the largest U.S. banks have turned to sovereign wealth funds--the investment arm of cash-rich foreign governments--for large capital infusions to mend their troubled balance sheets. Additional large infusions of resources, which are to be expected as the subprime crisis...

Recent corporate environmentalism has been driven by economics, as companies seek financial savings.

From humble beginnings twenty-five years ago on Wall Street, the leveraged buyout boom has developed into a veritable industry; today, 30 percent of all corporate merger and acquisition activity in the United States is driven by buyout firms, and the sector commands over $2 trillion in leveraged assets. Along with...

The Access to Capital Coalition claims raising taxes on hedge-fund operators will adversely affect women and minorities.

Even though private equity represents only a small fraction of the financial assets in the American economy, its importance to capital formation and economic growth and the level of controversy it generates is large.