Tag:

Minority Stakes

Latest Headlines

Latest Headlines

PE investors worry about Lehman's stake in hedge funds

Lehman Brothers was bullish on hedge funds not too long ago. It amassed minority stakes in several big-name fund firms, notably DE Shaw, GLG and Ospraie, notes the Financial Times . Recall Lehman took a $100 million second-quarter writedown due to its stake in GLG, which trades publicly and has

Lehman Brothers to invest in hedge fund firms

The Financial Times reports that Lehman Brothers  is putting together a private equity-like fund, in which it will invest $1 billion, that will seek hedge fund firms . Many are expecting more hedge fund firms to put themselves up for sale. The problem is that there aren't a lot of buye

What to make of private equity fund raising?

The problem for some premiere buyout funds: too much money. To some, it sounds like a good problem to have. But the issues are real. Consider Kohlberg Kravis Roberts . The Financial Times reports it has invested upwards of 60 percent of its new $17.5 billion fund, which it only finished ra