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KKR Financial exits mortgage related business

The sad fate of the Carlyle Group's listed bond fund focused attention, fairly or not, on other funds listed by top private equity firms. KKR Financial seems to be moving aggressively to exit the... Read more...

ALSO NOTED: Citigroup makes investment in BATS; Man's profit strong; and much more...

Company News:
> Citigroup makes investment in BATS. Article
> Man's profit strong. Read more...

Real estate deals in temporary lull?

The real estate deal environment was in a frenzy until the the Blackstone Group's $39 billion buyout of Read more...

ALSO NOTED: Bank of America completes launch of mobile banking service; Morgan Stanley to buy REIT; and much more...

Company News:
> Lazard expands into Latin America. Article
> Eaton Vance earnings fall. Read more...

ALSO NOTED: Battle for ABN Amro heats up; Piper Jaffray buys Fiduciary Asset Management; and much more...

Company News:
> Piper Jaffray buys Fiduciary Asset Management. Read more...

Did Blackstone overpay for EOP?

We've noted recently that the Blackstone group's deal for Equity Office is not going to be a snap. It has put together a Read more...

ALSO NOTED: Fidelity, Lehman link trading systems; More on Fortress offering; and much more...

Company News:
> HSBC announces departures of top execs. Article
> Fidelity, Lehman link trading systems. Read more...

Vornado vs. Blackstone, another round?

And so it has come to pass, as we all expected. The Vornado-led consortium has submitted another offer--$56 a share--that appears to have bested the Read more...

Property a hot target for private equity

The battle for Equity Office is surely a sign that property is a hot target for Read more...

Hedge funds and private equity firms in competition

Hedge funds are under a lot of pressure to perform. Unfortunately, there seems to be a lack of really great ideas out there. So some will be prompted to take some big risks via some big bets,... Read more...