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- Private Equity Industry Outlook
- The private equity industry is undergoing a transformation. An altered market for deals, the rising power of Ps, and new corporate governance standards are all driving fundamental change. Financing is difficult to btain and deals require more equity. These trends confer an advantage on firms that can successfully raise he...
- White papers 2003-08-04
- So Far, so Good
- This article is on the steady growth and progress made by the private equity industry. The private equity industry has come a long way in the last 20 years, developing into a sophisticated and, some would argue, mainstream asset class for investors. However, these developments have not been without cost...
- White papers 2003-06-10
- Moulton: Banks Must Be Trustworthy
- Wordy and over-long reports were a big contributor to the failures of financial institutions such as AIG and Lehman Brothers, says Jon Moulton of private equity firm Alchemy. He talked to me about some of the causes of the financial market chaos and what needs to be done. ...
- Blog posts 2008-10-03
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- What Is Private Equity?
- The term private equity encompasses a range of techniques used to finance commercial ventures in ways that do not involve the use of publicly tradable assets such as corporate stock or bonds. Typical forms of private equity include venture capital, growth and mezzanine capital, angel investing, and private equity funds....
- Articles 2007-03-05
- Lance A. Roth, Corporate Finance and Banking Veteran, Joins Galen Capital Group as Special Advisor
- Business Editors/Health/Medical Writers MCLEAN, Va.--BUSINESS WIRE--May 24, 2004 Galen Capital Group, LLC, a merchant banking firm dedicated to the healthcare industry, today announced that Lance A. Roth has joined the firm as a Special Advisor. Mr. Roth brings over twenty years of corporate finance, investment banking and private...
- Research articles 2004-05-24
- EQT and Singapore fund seal €2.3bn Springer buy
- EQT, the private equity arm of Sweden's Wallenberg family, has teamed up with the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation to acquire Springer Science and Business Media, the German magazine publisher, in a €2.3bn deal. The transaction, confirmed on Friday, is Europe's biggest private equity deal for more than a year....
- News items 2009-12-11
- Private Equity, Business Flipping and Asymmetrical Outcomes
- Trader Mark submits: Quite a comprehensive piece in this weekend's New York Times on the world of private equity - using as a proxy the story of Simmons Bedding Company. This is a great topic and something that speaks to our system - the heads we win, tails we win...
- External links 2009-10-07
- Private Equity Firm Global Environment Fund Receives 2009 Financial Times Sustainable Investor of the Year Award
- CHEVY CHASE, Md. -- A leading private equity firm, Global Environment Fund GEF, has been named the 2009 Sustainable Investor of the Year by the Financial Times. The award...
- Research articles 2009-06-11
- Food Industry M&A Activity Doubles
- M&A volume in the food industry has doubled in the past two years, with 2,000 transactions in 2007, according to research recently released by Grant Thornton Corporate Finance. This consolidation has been especially active in the snack-food industry, with 125 mergers and acquisitions between 2005 and 2007. ...
- Blog posts 2008-09-10
- Hercules Expands Investment Team With the Addition of a Managing Director of Business Development and Experienced Investment Professionals from Silicon Valley Bank and Cowen and Company
- New Hires Reinforce the Growth of the Company's New Business Pipeline and Competitive Industry Presence PALO ALTO, Calif. -- In conjunction with its expansion and growth, Hercules Technology Growth Capital, Inc. (NASDAQ: HTGC), the premier specialty finance company providing venture debt and equity to venture capital and private equity...
- Research articles 2007-09-17
- Hercules Announces Sale of Concuity, Inc., a Technology and Service Solutions Company
- PALO ALTO, Calif. -- Hercules Technology Growth Capital, Inc. (NASDAQ:HTGC), a leading specialty finance company providing debt and equity growth capital to venture capital and private equity backed technology and life science companies, announced on Dec. 5, 2006, the sale of Concuity Inc., a previously rated 4 portfolio company, to...
- Research articles 2006-12-06
- $6B for GMAC in new program to help auto finance companies
- WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Treasury will inject up to $6 billion into GMAC as part of a plan to shore up the finances of General Motor Corp.'s former lending arm and the U.S. auto industry, the Bush administration said Monday. The move completes a federal rescue of GMAC, which was...
- News items 2009-08-07
- Weekend Round-Up
- Observer Habitat management buyout cushioned with £27m dowry The Swedish owners of Habitat and heirs to the Ikea fortune, the Kamprad family, is set to seal a deal for a €30m (£27m) investment in the management team of the loss-making furniture and homewares company. ...
- Blog posts 2009-12-07
- Patriot Capital Funding Adds Two Experienced Industry Professionals
- WESTPORT, Conn. -- Patriot Capital Funding, Inc. (Nasdaq: PCAP), a specialty finance company providing customized financing solutions to private equity sponsors focused on making investments in small- and mid-sized companies, today announced the hiring of Andrew Brown as Vice President and Ryan Magee as Assistant Vice President. Messrs. Brown...
- Research articles 2005-08-17
- Cashed-up venture capitalists hunt for targets.
- May 27, 2002 The Australian Financial Markets Newsletter ABIX via COMTEX -- A partner at Deloitte Corporate Finance, Graham Reid, believes private equity should become a more attractive source of funding. Reid believes that the time is right for venture capitalists in Australasia to...
- Research articles 2002-05-28
- U.S. Puts Up $6 Billion to Support Auto Lender GMAC
- By Mark Felsenthal WASHINGTON (Reuters UK) - The Bush administration on Monday expanded its bailout of the U.S. auto industry, saying it was buying $5 billion (3.4 billion pounds) in equity in auto and mortgage finance company GMAC and increasing a loan to General Motors GM by $1 billion. The...
- News items 2009-08-07
- Ten clean technology predictions for 2010
- For several years now, as each year comes to a close, we've been issuing predictions for the coming one. While we certainly acknowledge we've not necessarily gotten each one right in years past, a great number of our predictions have proved prescient (see Eight cleantech developments to watch for in...
- News items 2009-11-30
- Gryphon Investors and Ray Marcy Purchase Staffing Now, One of the Nation's Fastest Growing Private Staffing Firms, in Partnership with Management
- DES MOINES, Iowa -- Staffing Now, one of the fastest growing private staffing firms in the nation with revenues in excess of $100 million, today announced that the majority of its stock has been acquired by San Francisco-based private equity firm Gryphon Investors, in partnership with staffing industry executive Ray...
- Research articles 2006-10-31
- BDCs to Modernize the Private Finance Industry; BDC Committee Mobilized
- Business Editors WASHINGTON--BUSINESS WIRE--June 13, 2000 How are retail investors able to make private equity investments like the big money venture capitalists? Business Development Companies BDCs may be the answer. The Committee for Modernization of BDC Regulation, whose purpose is to represent the common interests of business...
- Research articles 2000-06-13
- Conference on Education Technology Finance Set for D.C. on May 6 and 7
- NEW YORK--BUSINESS WIRE--April 26, 1999-- The transforming impact of technology on education in America, the second-largest industry in the nation, will be the focus of The Second Annual Education Technology Finance & Investment Institute. The program will take place on Thursday, May 6 and Friday, May 7, at...
- Research articles 1999-04-26
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