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Romney slams private equity business
If anyone in the private equity business assumed that having "one of their run own" for president was a good thing, they are likely rethinking that position.
Mitt Romney, famous for his profitable work at Bain Capital, has inadvertently focused a white-hot beam of scrutiny on the entire privat
Morgan Stanley, others invest in Chinese stocks targeted by shorts
The saga of Sino-Forest continues to rivet Wall Street.
Recall that a report on behalf of short sellers caused a real stir by accusing the company of being a fraud, which tanked the stock dramatically. John Paulson, the hedge fund star, was forced to close out his long position at a $500 milli
Edgar Online hopes to ride XBRL deadline wave
With a major XBRL deadline looming, this is a good time for a look at one of the industry leaders, Edgar Online.Recall that just about all public companies will be required to file financial
Carlyle Group invests in Dutch private equity firm
Carlyle Group has announced a deal to acquire Dutch asset manager AlpInvest Partners, which is an investor in some Carlyle funds. The deal will likely close in March. Carlyle says the transaction will make it the largest private equity company in the world and diversify it just a bit.
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Private equity firms to give up on RadioShack
Radio Shack hired Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS ) back in March to explore strategic options. The most likely one, according to the conventional wisdom, was a sale to private equity firms ( private equity news).
Goldman Sachs has been running an auction of sorts, one that attracted some big na
A closer look at the HCA IPO
You might think that the decision by KKR ( KKR news) and Bain Capital ( Bain Capital news) to file for an IPO ( IPO news) for HCA was a bit of gamble, given the state of the private equity-backed IPO market. But Breakingviews notes that the deal is looking quite good for the private e
KKR, Bain to take HCA public in massive IPO
Get ready for a big test of the private-equity ( private equity news) backed IPO ( IPO news) market. Hospital chain HCA filed for an IPO last week, noting that it expects to raise $4.6 billion by selling common shares. About $2.5 billion will go to pay down debts. Much of the rest will go to
Markets wary of private equity-backed IPOs?
The news that Kohlberg, Kravis & Roberts ( KKR news) and Bain Capital want to take HCA public to raise as much as $3 billion generated a lot of headlines. There are indeed many private equity ( private equity news) firms yearning for a rich market to emerge that would allow them to final
KKR, Bain aim for HCA IPO
So what to make of the news that Kohlberg Kravis & Roberts and Bain Capital will try to take HCA public later this year? You certainly can't blame executives at the buyout firms for floating the news, to get a read on possible reaction and prep the market so to speak.
But these intentions
KKR-owned firm NXP plans an IPO; more coming?
Everyone in the private equity ( private equity news) industry was hoping that an improved initial public offering environment would offer more exit opportunities. For a while, those hopes seemed dashed. But now, we're seeing a spate of deal news.
The latest is that NXP, the Dutch chipmaker
