A white paper written for the The Network of Family Businesses shows how business families can use private equity firms.

“While publicly-traded companies are subject to federal securities laws and regulations as well as to daily scrutiny by financial analysts and the business media, companies owned by private equity buyout firms operate virtually free of quarter-to-quarter public accountability,” according to Aaron Aiken, a senior associate in the San Francisco office of private equity firm Hanover Partners and author of the white paper.

You can view the full document, called Family Business and Private Equity – Liquidity and Transition, here.