The Blackstone Group and the Carlyle Group demonstrated on Thursday that the private equity industry is thriving amid a weak economy — but they did so in nearly opposing ways.
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The world’s 10 largest private equity firms have shared more than $15bn in revenues in the past 15 years, and three quarters of that has come from management fees, according to research that is almost certain to reignite the debate over the industry’s fee structure.
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