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PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
LONDON, Nov. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- The Ernst & Young Institutional Investor IPO survey 2009, highlights the likely markets and sectors that will lead listing activity in 2010. The survey, based on responses from more than 300 institutional investors across the world, found that China, technology and private equity are likely to drive IPO activity over the next 12 months.
Financial Times (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
The world's biggest private equity company is targeting its competitors and hedge fund managers that have been weakened by the credit turmoil, after it enjoyed a third-quarter rebound
Financial Times (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
Permira, the private equity group, has started exclusive talks to acquire Survitec, the maker of life rafts and anti-gravity suits
SeekingAlpha.com (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Research Recap submits: LBOs by Cerberus and Apollo are performing much worse than other private equity deals, while deals by KKR, JP Morgan and Welsh Carson have seen better performance. Excerpts from Private Equity: $640 Billion & 640 Days Later Complete Story »
Financial Times (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Proposed pan-European regulation of hedge funds and private equity is being introduced on the back of a 'vague, sweeping and inadequate' analysis of the problem, according to a report prepared for European lawmakers
The Street (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
The rush of private equity dollars into the banking sector anticipated by some earlier in the year appears to have been derailed the FDIC guidelines unveiled in August.
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
PASADENA, Calif., Nov. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Milestone Advisors is soliciting interest from prospective bidders to participate in a preliminary qualification and indicative bid process. Interested parties can find additional portfolio information, stratifications, and bidder qualification selection procedures at http://www.milestonearc.com/?page_id=462. Milestone Advisors, and its affiliate Milestone Asset...
24/7 Wall St. (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
The private equity business has been unkind to the firms that have done the largest LBO deals of the last year. That only makes sense. Leverage has been beaten down by the recession. PE firms assumed that large debt loads would be paid down from cashflow at the companies that they bought. Those assumptions did [...]
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--WestView Capital Management, Inc. (“WestView Capital”), a leading growth equity firm, has announced the closing of WestView Capital Partners II, L.P., a $325 million private equity fund that will invest in superior middle-market growth companies in partnership with exceptional management teams. WestView Capital Partners II, L.P. will be managed by a seasoned group...
Financial Times (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
The US group's 3.3% purchase of one of Moscow's biggest lenders comes as Russian banks reel from big losses due to the financial crisis and follows a sharp drop in private equity deals
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Genstar Capital, LLC, a middle market private equity firm that focuses on investments in selected segments of the life sciences, healthcare services, software & software services, financial & business services, and industrial technology industries, today announced the appointment of Hal Strong, former Vice Chairman of Russell Investments, as an Operating...
24/7 Wall St. (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
An intellectual property dispute between Skype’s founders and the VoIP company, now owned by Ebay (NASDAQ:EBAY), threatened the auction company’s plans to sell Skype to private equity interests. That dispute is about to be settled, clearing the way for Skype to become independent. Ebay will make $2 billion for selling about two-thirds of Skype. Skype’s founders have [...]
Financial Times (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Continental Europe's biggest private equity group asks its investors to accept its offering to shrink its new fund to €2.7bn rather than deprive it of any fresh capital to invest
BloggingStocks (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Filed under: Management , Industry , Private equity , Recession , Financial Crisis Over the past decade we seen at least $1 trillion dollars spent by private equity firms . These firms have taken over companies for a pittance and then pillaged them by slashing employees and cutting costs. They then used the money to pay down debt rather than rebuilding the company. Now all of the debt thrown on the...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
BMO says private equity players to become more active this year
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Peter Brooke | 03/09/2009
The challenge of entrepreneurs with a new business idea to raise enough money to start up can be daunting. Enter Angelsoft, a company who has just unveiled a search engine specifically engineered to locate investors. The company Angelsoft makes software for investors that enables them to manage their workflow, and runs a website for investors and entrepreneurs. Angelsoft took into consideration the...
kacyvale | 03/09/2009
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trymi | 02/17/2009
It was reported awhile back that GM intended to sell its Hummer brand and lately a Chinese company and a private equity firm have showed interest. Joanne Krell, GM spokesperson would not comment on any possible buyers but established the fact that the review of the Hummer brand is ongoing.
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