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- Where is the risk in global financial markets?
- * Risk spreads and financial market volatility have declined significantly in recent years, but the evidence suggests that these benign financial market conditions are linked mostly to cyclical rather than structural factors - notably strong world growth and high corporate profitability. Markets appear to have projected this positive cyclical picture...
- Research articles 2007-07-13
- Bradken buyout a sign of the times.
- Oct 22, 2001 The Sydney Morning Herald ABIX via COMTEX -- Smorgon Steel Group's Bradken mining and railway engineering operation has been sold for $A185.5m. The buyer, Castle Harlan Australian Mezzanine Partners, acquired the asset via a leveraged buyout and is already planning to...
- Research articles 2001-10-21
- Debt roulette: takeover gambles; in the age of the LBO, multi-billion dollar companies can be purchased for peanuts, but each spin of the buyout wheel holds risky consequences. For investors, debt can create wealth. But a corporation's assets, employees,
- Debt roulette: Takeover gamblesIn the age of the LBO, multi-billion dollar companies can be purchased for peanuts, but each spin of the buyout wheel holds risky consequences. For investors, debt can create wealth. But a corporation's assets, employees, or long-term spending plans often are living on borrowed time. The theory...
- Research articles 1989-02-01
- Forbes 400 lists familiar names.(Frontlines: Well-known, well-off)(annual list contains a handful of hedge fund)(Brief article)
- Byline: Emily Newman Forbes has published its most recent 400 Richest Americans list - made up entirely of billionaires for the first time ever - and, not surprisingly, it includes some people who are well known in the money management world. ...
- Research articles 2006-10-02
- Soliman group mulls next step; Grace LBO debt may force selloff of assets - W.R. Grace & Co., Anwar Soliman
- Soliman Group mulls next step
- Research articles 1986-05-26
- KEEPING UP: Nabisco's long, strange trip; In the past 15 years of takeovers, leveraged buyouts and more, the former National Biscuit Co. has seen more than its share of changes.(Statistical Data Included)
- During the past 15 years, Nabisco Holdings has gone through takeovers, makeovers, name changes and ownership changes, as well as enduring barbarians at the gate. The No. 1 cookie and cracker maker in the United States, incorporated in 1898 as the During...
- Research articles 2000-07-24
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- LBO market has a bumpy ride.
- A handful of jumbo deals and refinancings in the second half of last year masked a leveraged buy-out LBO market that is underperforming in what should be favourable conditions, according to a report by Fitch Ratings, the credit rating agency, writes Caroline Meehan.Opportunities for leveraged deals...
- Research articles 2003-05-04
- At deadline.(Royal London Asset Management)(Carlyle Group L.P.)
- LBO leaks widespread Insider trading in the run-up to LBO announcements appears to be rampant. In the 10 biggest buyouts announced since Jan. 1, 2006, call-option trading surged more than 180% in the three days ahead of the deal being disclosed, compared with the...
- Research articles 2007-05-14
- Fitch: High LBO and Recapitalization Risk for U.S. Restaurants
- CHICAGO -- A combination of weakening fundamentals, low relative leverage and lack of bondholder protection has increased credit event risk for the U.S. restaurant industry, according to a Fitch Ratings' report. LBOs by private investors and recapitalizations financially engineered with asset-securitizations and public debt are being facilitated by greater...
- Research articles 2007-05-14
- What's really happening to the VC industry
- Editors' note: This guest column was originally published on Bill Gurley's blog. See his bio below.Many are speculating that the year 2009 represents a fundamental turning point for the venture capital industry. Some are arguing that the industry is in dire straits after years of poor performance. Others have argued...
- News items 2009-08-26
- American Capital Strategies Ltd. Q3 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer SessionOperator [Operator Instructions]. And our first question comes from the line of Sanjay Sakhrani of KBW. Please go ahead. Sanjay Sakhrani – Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Hi. Thanks for taking my question. Just a quick question on the ’08 dividend guidance, how much of the...
- Earnings calls 2007-11-02
- Outlook for AB L- A Market Perspective
- 2003 was huge for asset-based lending ABL. Issuance ballooned because "Fallen angels" scrambled to put together credits that were palatable to ABL players (no one can ignore the blue-chip factor), and because bankruptcies relegated issuers to the debtor-in-possession DIP column. But issuance also jumped on the back of a bubbling...
- White papers 2004-03-01
- As Predicted, VMware will IPO in 2007
- In October, 2006, I wrote the article, "VMware as LBO Opportunity for EMC?" The article examined the impact that the VMware acquisition has had on the EMC bottom line and speculated on some ways that EMC could benefit its shareholders by spinning out the EMC asset with an IPO in...
- Blog posts 2007-02-08
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