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Private equity to transform over 2
reuters.com — * Industry to grow larger than pre-bubble burst * Says private equity made mistakes in bubble *... Deals will be smaller, less frequent; holding periods up (Adds quotes, fixes typo in bullet point) By Megan Davies and Nicolas Parasie DUBAI, Oct 13 ... (more) Private equity to transform over 2
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Private Equity Skewered in New York Times
Fund My Mutual Fund — ... There is a fantastic set of mini 1-2 minute videos the New York Times put together here - wish I could embed them but go here. The series is called: Flipped - How Private Equity Investors Can Win While their Companies Lose. ...

This Week’s Horn of Plenty
Robert Salomon's Blog — ... For a nice video complement to the Simmons story and a look at the dividend recapitalization PE strategy (although with some minor factual inaccuracies) see the New York Times video series Inside the Private Equity Game. ...

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A Good Private Equity Blog
financialrounds.blogspot.com 6/27/2009 — Thanks to Analyst Forum (one of my regular stops), I just came across a pretty good blog on Private Equity called The Private Equiteer . It has a lot of posts that go through the basics of the private equity world ( here's a list of many of them). ...
A Private Equity Pick-Up?
bespokeinvest.typepad.com 5/6/2009 — PowerShares has an ETF (ticker: PSP) that tracks private equity companies that are publicly traded. It's not news to anyone that private equity has been hit extremely hard throughout the financial crisis, and from its peak to trough over the last two ...
It’s Too Early for Private Equity To Be “Back”
pehub.com 8/11/2009 — Just because private equity is seeing some renewed enthusiasm doesn’t mean its “back.” Call me a pessimist, but remember that near-half a trillion dollars in corporate debt? It’s due in three years and it hasn’t gone anywhere. None of the indicators ...
What do Private Equity Firms do all Day?
businessweek.com 7/26/2009 — What are people at private equity firms doing all day now that so few deals getting done? Suduko? Facebook? According to a white paper by auditors Grant Thornton and the Association for Corporate growth, a private equity industry group, people at ...
No Exit for Private Equity Funds
dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com 7/21/2009 — Private equity funds are finding it extremely hard this year to cash out of their buyout deals, and the volume of "exit transactions" hasn't been this low since 2001, according to Dealogic.
Private Equity and the Financial Crisis
valueplays.blogspot.com 7/29/2009 — In this lecture filmed on April 11, 2008, Stephen Schwarzman, Co-Founder of Blackstone Group, a private equity firm, speaks about his experience in the industry. He discusses his thoughts on global finance, particularly at such an interesting and challenging point in the history of financial ...
A Private Equity Quagmire?
pensionpulse.blogspot.com 8/21/2009 — Bloomberg reports pension plans' private equity cash depleted as profits shrink : U.S. pension funds contributed to the record $1.2 trillion that private-equity firms raised this decade. Three of the biggest investors, state pensions in California, ...
New Private Equity Firm Focuses on 'Green Tech'
dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com 10/27/2009 — The race to cash in on the environmental technology wave just got a little more crowded on Monday with the founding of the New World Capital Group, a private equity firm focused on investing in companies in the nascent "green tech" sector.
1,000 Banks to Fail In Next Two Years: Bank CEO - Private Equity and Hedge Funds * US * News * Story
cnbc.com 8/28/2009 — The US banking system will lose some 1,000 institutions over the next two years, said John Kanas, whose private equity firm bought BankUnited of Florida in May. “We’ve already lost 81 this year,” Kanas told CNBC. “The numbers are climbing every day. ...
FT.com / Lex / Finance & governance - Private equity IPOs
ft.com 8/14/2009 — Average first day returns on IPOs Scramble, scramble! The rally in equity markets has caused a frenzy inside private equity firms, with plans aplenty for initial public offerings. Kohlberg Kravis Roberts wants to offload six portfolio companies, ...