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- Are Private Equity Buyouts The Devil's Work?
- Are Private Equity Buyouts The Devil's Work?Some Interview with private equityAs part of blogging the divestment of Reed Business Information from Reed Elsevier I have been lucky enough to interview several senior private equity partners. You can read those here (http://divestmentwatch.blogspot.com/2008/03/interview-with-private-equity-part-one.html) and here (http://divestmentwatch.blogspot.com/2008/03/another-interview-with-private-equity.html)One key view that they both held...
- Discussion threads 2008-04-08
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- Are Private Equity Buyouts the Devil's Work?
- Private equity deals have always had a bad rap. The naysayers argue that PE-driven leveraged buyouts of public companies lose money for investors, victimize employees, lead to massive job cuts, and pretty much steal money from orphans and widows when given half a chance....
- Blog posts 2008-04-07
- Private-equity buyers target media sector.
- The media sector could be the target of a raft of private-equity buyouts in the new year amid reports that cable company NTL is being stalked. Private-equity groups Apax Partners Worldwide and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts are said to be looking at buying The media sector...
- Research articles 2006-01-06
- Fidelity warns of risk with private equity bond buyouts.
- Investors should be wary of the risks that private equity buyouts can pose to European corporate bonds, Fidelity International has said. Investors should be wary of the risks that private equity buyouts can pose to European corporate bonds, Fidelity International has said.
- Research articles 2007-04-30
- Private-equity buyouts gathering steam; Investment funds seek higher returns in lackluster market.(News)
- Byline: Sally Duros CNS CHICAGO - Last year, Insurance Auto Auctions Inc., a salvage company, started looking for a buyer to take the then-public company private. Chicago-based William Blair & Co. LLC was on board. It...
- Research articles 2005-09-12
- Private-equity buyouts gather steam; Investment funds looking for higher returns in an otherwise lackluster market.(Focus: Finance)(William Blair and Company L.L.C. buyout)
- Byline: SALLY DUROS Last year, Insurance Auto Auctions Inc., a Westchester salvage company, started looking for a buyer to take the then-public company private. Chicago's William Blair & Co. LLC was on board. It wasn't an unusual arrangement-investment banks make it ...
- Research articles 2005-08-29
- Softrax Executive Webcast: How Private Equity Buyouts Are Changing the Software M&A Landscape
- M&A Veterans Advise on How to Capitalize on Current Private Equity Boom
- Research articles 2007-04-12
- TXU Buyout â€" Private Equity Funds Paint Themselves Green
- A New York Times story this morning is full of gushing praise from environmentalists for the promise by private equity funds Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Company and the Texas Pacific Group for promising to scrap plans for eight coal-fired plants at Texas utility TXU Corporation which they are proposing to...
- Blog posts 2007-02-25
- 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
- Capital Markets: Private Equity - Not At Home - Many Banks Have Left Behind Private Equity And Its Volatile Earnings But A Core Remain Committed To In- house Funds. However, Basel II's Proposed Increase In The Regulatory Capital Could Deal A Crippling Blo
- Banks have been major private equity investors since the first leveraged buyouts in the early 1980s. Yet although banks still make substantial investments into external private equity funds - partially to maintain relationships with the independent firms for debt and advisory mandates - the number of...
- Research articles 2004-06-01
- Why Do Corporate Buyouts Perform Better in Red States?
- A recent study shows that companies involved in private equity buyouts perform significantly better in red states than blue states -- but the authors are not quite sure why. The Harvard Business Review article read a summary and see the colored map, written before the presidential election,...
- Blog posts 2008-12-01
- Leading Private Equity Investors to Present at Executive Forum Events; Speakers include Steven Rattner, Managing Principal, Quadrangle Group LLC; Jon Auerbach, General Partner, Highland Capital Partners; and C. Kevin Landry, CEO, TA Associates
- CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- The Executive Forum is pleased to announce two upcoming events featuring some of the private equity industry's most prominent and successful investors. On June 30, 2005, The Executive Forum, in conjunction with its Partners, will present "Roundtables: Buyouts & Venture Capital", a morning reception full of...
- Research articles 2005-06-15
- Apollo IPO Filing Shines Light on Opaque World of Private Equity
- Private equity makes up a sizable and growing share of the $53.4 trillion in global assets under management. Yet the private-equity investor remains a faceless if formidable player in the financial markets. The prospectus for Apollo Global Management, filed last week, gives a few interesting glimpses. Private...
- Blog posts 2008-04-15
- Back to Basics for Private Equity
- The 451 Group: Inorganic Growth submits: by Thomas Rasmussen Coming off a dealmaking binge fueled by cheap credit, private equity (PE) shops have been investing much more soberly since the debt market collapsed late last summer. Highly leveraged multibillion-dollar buyouts have gone the way of collateralized derivatives. As...
- External links 2009-06-09
- Northrop to Sell $1.65 Bln Unit to Private Equity
- By Megan Davies and Jui Chakravorty DasNEW YORK (Reuters) - Defense contractor Northrop Grumman NOC has agreed to sell its TASC consulting unit to two buyout firms, General Atlantic and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co KKR, for $1.65 billion, the companies said on Sunday.The deal is the latest in a...
- News items 2009-11-08
- Private Equity Market in India Set to More Than Triple - Buyouts Continue to Lag, but Glimmers of Life Emerge; According to New Bain & Company Study
- NEW YORK -- The private equity market in India, which attracted $2.2 in investment capital in 2005, will reach nearly $7 billion in 2010. That estimate - described as a conservative projection of India's upside private equity market potential - is among the findings in a new Bain & Company...
- Research articles 2006-09-14
- KKR Seeks to Avoid Apollo's Fate in Private Equity Drama
- The Stalwart submits: As the economy weakens and credit markets remain tight, we're seeing examples everywhere of private equity players under pressure as their boom-time buyouts turn sour. I thought some interesting examples include Linens N' Things, purchased by Apollo back in 2006 for $1.3bn. A second-rate player in...
- External links 2008-12-11
- Northrop to Sell $1.65 Bln Unit to Private Equity
- By Megan DaviesNEW YORK (Reuters) - Defense contractor Northrop Grumman NOC has agreed to sell its TASC consulting unit to two buyout firms, General Atlantic and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co KKR, for $1.65 billion, the companies said on Sunday.The deal is the latest in a spate of buyouts, as...
- News items 2009-11-08
- Northrop to Sell $1.65 Bln Unit to Private Equity
- By Megan Davies NEW YORK (Reuters) - Defense contractor Northrop Grumman NOC has agreed to sell its TASC consulting unit to two buyout firms, General Atlantic and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co KKR, for $1.65 billion, the companies said on Sunday. The deal is the latest in a spate of...
- News items 2009-11-08
- Policy Priorities for Private Equity: Fostering Long-Term Economic Growth
- This paper has briefly identified four areas where action can be taken to promote an entrepreneurial environment and facilitate investment in venture capital and private equity. There should also be an Increase in awareness of buyouts and buyins as engines of value creation. Exempting investors in private equity funds from...
- White papers 2001-08-31
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