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Private Equity and the Financial Crisis
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 ...
What do Private Equity Firms do all Day?
businessweek.com — 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 ... (more) What do Private Equity Firms do all Day?
FT.com / Companies / Financial Services - Private equity groups in $400bn of debt
ft.com — Published: August 2 2009 23:04 | Last updated: August 2 2009 23:04 The biggest private equity groups... are sitting on a $400bn debt mountain that needs to be repaid over the next five years, putting the future of some of the largest buy-out deals in ... (more) FT.com / Companies / Financial Services - Private equity ...
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