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Equity Risk Partners' Chris Veber Is Named to 2011 'Power Broker' List

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Equity Risk Partners (ERP), the only full-service insurance brokerage and consulting firm focused exclusively on the needs of the private equity industry,

Fundraising crunch for private equity firms?

The private equity industry has been giddy abut the prospects for portfolio company exits this year. Blackstone has plans for up to eight IPOs and several sales. But the other side of the success

The meaning of KKR's brewery deal

Bloomberg takes a look at KKR's $1.8 billion deal for Oriental Brewery Co., which was sold by Anheuser-Busch InBev NV and notes a twist: The seller will have an option to buy back the asset after

Layoffs hit private equity firms

It was inevitable that the larger economic turmoil would claim more jobs at top private equity firms. You also get the feeling that some stealth slashing has been underway for some time now. IDD