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Fancy footwork from more private equity funds

November 19, 2008 — 12:18pm ET | By Jim Kim
We noted recently that private equity firm Apollo has been among the most active beneficiaries of PIK toggle features in bond issues. Which basically allow portfolio companies to pay interest with... Read more...

KKR to go public after all

July 28, 2008 — 8:18am ET | By Jim Kim
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts has found a way to go public after all. Recall that its attempt last year was scotched by Blackstone Group's poor... Read more...

Goldman Sachs fee causes controversy

July 7, 2008 — 8:09am ET | By Jim Kim
The Telegraph reports that British mortgage firm Bradford & Bingley will pay Goldman Sachs an advisory fee even though a deal with private equity firm TPG fell apart.... Read more...

And the biggest hedge fund firms are...

May 23, 2008 — 6:59am ET
Scale matters in the hedge fund industry. Surprising no one, Alpha concludes the top 10 hedge fund firms manage almost one-fifth of... Read more...

And the top-ranked private equity firm is ...

May 21, 2008 — 6:59am ET
Fortune has come out with a list of top private equity firms according to recent fund raising activity, and the big winner is the Carlyle Group. Yes, its mortgage-backed securities fund stumbled, but... Read more...

What to make of Carlyle's deal with Booz Allen

May 19, 2008 — 6:59am ET
The New York Times notes that the Carlyle Group for the longest time had a PR problem. It was seen as the "ultimate Washington insider" with ties to the government, business and the military.... Read more...

Private equity IPOs faring well

May 9, 2008 — 6:59am ET
Most of us could use a bit of good news. How's this? According to Financial News Online, private equity backed initial public offerings have fared well over the past five years. In fact, they... Read more...

SPOTLIGHT: Private equity and wineries

May 1, 2008 — 6:59am ET
It sounds like one of those vanity investments. But a private equity firm called Vinum Capital has started a fund that will focus on wineries. A lot of deals are expected in California. Read more...

Can everyone be wrong?

April 23, 2008 — 6:59am ET
Back when the subprime crisis had not fully bloomed, there were a few brave souls who were convinced--absolutely!--that the mortgage edice was about to crash. You can imagine the pitch meetings.... Read more...

Apollo Group to go public

April 10, 2008 — 6:59am ET
You would have thought, in part because of the performance of the Blackstone Group in the aftermarket, that private equity firms that wanted to go public had given up on the idea. But the Apollo... Read more...
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