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More hedge funds to tap capital markets?
The KKR move to become a publicly traded company throws the spotlight once again on alternative investment companies and the public markets. We may see more private equity companies try to somehow Read more...
Alternative investment firms take lumps in aftermarket
The window for an initial public offering closed pretty quickly for most alternative investment firms. They were lining up to follow the likes of the Blackstone Group, Och-Ziff and Fortress Read more...
Can the alternatives boom keep on booming?
When you get down to it, the private equity and hedge fund industries were built on the backs of millions of hard-working folks earnings civil servants wages--police officers, teachers and others. Read more...
Citigroup continues to tinker with execs
Vikram Pandit is not shy about tinkering with his talent. The New York Times notes that the elevation of John Havens to head the newly combined investment banking and alternative investment group is Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: Alternatives Rally
It seems Super Return 2008 has been good for the shares of alternative investment providers. Not that the industry has a lot to celebrate right now. Read more...
ALSO NOTED: Bank of America plans mortgage unit changes; Criticism of Citigroup's new alternative investment chief; and much mo
Company News:> Signature bank delays results. Article> Bank of America plans mortgage unit changes. Read more...
CalPERS takes stake in Silver Lake
Think the future of the private equity industry is cloudy? CalPERS doesn't. It just took a 9.9 percent stake in Silver Lake Partners in a deal that values the firm at 5.8 times assets, according to Read more...
Citadel to go public in 2008?
Ken Griffin, the 38-year-old head of Citadel Investment Group, is already worth about $2 billion. That could Read more...
ALSO NOTED: Morgan Stanley licenses software from Trading Technologies; Texas Pacific to give up on Iberia?; and much more...
Company News:> State Street launches private equity index. Article > Texas Pacific to give up on Iberia? Read more...