businessweek.com - 7/26/2009
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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 PE firms are actually running and trying to ...
dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com - 7/21/2009
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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.
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No Exit for Private Equity Funds
valueplays.blogspot.com - 7/29/2009
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valueplays.blogspot.com —
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 ...
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Private Equity and the Financial Crisis
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Private equity firms actually do try to improve portfolio companies
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... equity trade group -- found that 42% of private equity firms are devoting between 51% and 75% of their time on the management of companies they already control. Continue reading Private equity firms actually do try to improve portfolio companies Private equity firms actually do try to improve portfolio companies originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Sun, 26 Jul 2009 14:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments ...
P.E. Firms Focusing on Portfolios, Survey Finds
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... firms responding said they were now spending 51 percent to 75 percent of their time on their portfolio companies. Thirteen percent of respondents said there were spending as much as 100 percent of their time dealing with the operations of their portfolio companies. Only 5 percent of respondents said they were spending less time on portfolio companies this year than last. This year is the first time ACG and Grant Thornton asked firms how much time they were dedicating to operations. Go to Article from BusinessWeek »
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