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What are Merrill Lynch and TPG talking about?

Executives from Merrill Lynch and private equity powerhouse TPG recently met in New York, according to the Financial Times. The... Read more...

JP Morgan works to retain Bear hedge fund clients

JP Morgan Chase, by dint of its Bear Stearns deals, is an instant powerhouse in the prime brokerage business. But it has a lot of work... Read more...

Magellan reopens after a decade

There was once a day when people really wanted to be in the Fidelity Magellan Fund. That was a long, long time ago. Back then, Peter Lynch, the fund's famed manager, was almost a household name. 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...

A good time to act at Bank of America?

An earnings bomb is a good time to get things done. Under the cover of mega-change, you can make a lot happen. So it is that Bank of America is taking the opportunity to make some strategic moves in... Read more...

Duff & Phelps IPO hit market

It seems like a tough time for an investment banks to go public. Indeed, Duff & Phelps before it began trading last week was forced to scale back its early plans. However, the sale went off and... Read more...

Surprise. The top merger advisor really is...

We noted recently that when it comes to financial sponsor-backed IPOs, the choice of underwriter seems to be Read more...

Capital One Financial's banking efforts

Capital One is of course a credit card powerhouse. In many ways, it has been a pioneer that brought a more scientific marketing approach to the business. Now for its next act: retail banking. Over... Read more...

KKR's new era, does it best Blackstone finally?

There has been a lot of talk lately about how investment bank and private equity firms compete against one another. Most of the talk has been focused on the top investment banks' private equity... Read more...

Perella Weinberg lands role in hedge fund offering

Perella Weinberg drew some unwelcome press this year for what some discerned as its lack of activity on the... Read more...