reuters.com - 10/13/2009
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* 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 (Reuters) - Carlyle Group [CYL.UL] co-founder ...
nytimes.com - 10/6/2009
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... – NY Post It only has 44K miles on it…. Carlyle–Private equity to transform over 2-3 yrs – Reuters Carlyle Group co-founder David Rubenstein said the private equity industry will grow larger than before its bubble burst, as it transforms itself over the next two to three years. Private equity firms struck ever larger deals during the 2005-07 period, fueled by cheap debt. But since the credit crisis, they have been unable to strike deals of such scale and have had problems keeping their portfolio companies healthy…. ...
A Private-Equity Rebirth Is Premature
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... He added that it will be several more years before private equity returns to what most people regard as a normal situation. But what exactly is a normal situation ? The massively leveraged buyout deals made at ridiculous premiums we saw at the private-equity peak in 2006 and 2007? The same deals that David Rubenstein, co-founder of the Carlyle Group, admitted yesterday had helped fuel the financial bubble that later burst into the credit crisis? Rubenstein agrees that happy days are here again for private equity, but he believes the industry will reemerge in some other ...
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