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Investment manager hires former Stanford team
A US investment manager has hired three former ... Baird, which runs practices including private equity and ... Vollen worked at Stanford Group from April last ... US regulator the Securities and Exchange Commission filed ... Federal agencies had had Stanford on their radars...
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Listed private equity sector shows signs of confidence
Confidence in UK-listed private equity firms has shown ... The average trading price discount to net asset ... The average discount increased steadily after the bankruptcy ... The narrowing of the discount will be welcome ... One analyst said market prices had come down ... Two sets of results out today have shown...
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US buyout firm is new 'master of the universe'
A US buyout firm has acquired the rights ... Boomerang Media, a portfolio company of Chicago-based private ... GTCR is managed by Eric Ellenbogen and John ... Financial details were not disclosed. ... At the height of the buyout market in ... Industry trade body The British Private Equity and...
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Private equity fundraising hits five-year low
Private equity fundraising dropped to its lowest level ... A total of $45.9bn (€34.7bn) was raised for ... The total compared to $125bn raised in the ... Funds focused on the US were the most ... The number of abandoned fundraisings is small but ... However, the number of active fundraisings has continued...
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Investcorp consortium picks up Saudi jeweller
A consortium led by Bahrain and London-listed Investcorp ... "The enterprise value of L'azurde is in excess ... Investcorp, along with National Commercial Bank's Eastgate Capital ... "Given the turmoil of the market place, asset ... The Investcorp-led consortium will be the majority shareholder...
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Hands urges return to post-Depression policy
Guy Hands, the founder and chief executive of ... Hands cited insufficient transparency in both public and ... His letter from the annual review follows in ... I am delighted to present the second Annual ... In the time since our last Annual Review, ... The dramatic worldwide decline in stock market values...
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Funds perform delicate balancing act
Over the past decade private equity fund administrators ... Fund administrators offer a series of services enabling ... These capabilities span from back-office accounting in the ... In its latest annual review, fund administrator Augentius ... From modest beginnings the fund administration community has...
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Private equity assets under management grow to $2.5 trillion
A slowdown in distributions to investors helped private ... Stronger than expected fundraising in the first half ... The figure, which includes real estate funds of ... The overall rise for private equity is less ... Dry powder – uninvested capital – rose 3%...
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German corporate raider targets €1bn fund
Clemens Vedder, the German investor who hit the ... The Whitesmith fund will invest in retail, consumer ... He said there will be good opportunities to ... He is targeting institutional and private investors with ... The move marks a return to the spotlight ... At the time, Cobra was widely expected to...
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Arabs line up for Chelsea match
A Swiss private equity firm is eyeing a ... Falcon Equity, a Switzerland and Jersey-based private equity ... Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich, the owner of Chelsea, ... A spokesman for Seymour Pierce, the investment bank ... Falcon's move comes as reports suggest Kuwait’s Al-Kharafi...
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Oriel hires UBS listed funds team
UK broker Oriel Securities has continued to expand ... The UBS investment funds team has had conversations ... Simon Bragg, chief executive at Oriel Securities, said: ... “The individuals wanted to stick together and join ... He added that every new starter at Oriel ... Iain Scouller has been appointed a partner in...
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Rising Stars: Supernovas outshine their predecessors
To paraphrase Oscar Wilde, the markets may be ... This year’s Rising Stars are the most multi-talented ... They include James Peterson, a 30-year-old partner at ... Those on the fourth list of young aspirants ... Notable absences from last year’s list include David ... André Esteves, the former global head of fixed...
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Slumping renewables sector slammed for poor management
Renewable energy companies have suffered from poor management ... Tom Murley, head of renewable energy at buyout ... Speaking yesterday at Financial News’ Green Investing conference, ... He urged companies in the sector to give ... He said companies must avoid further damage by...
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Carlyle portfolio company files for bankruptcy
Hawaiian Telcom Communications filed for bankruptcy protection Monday, ... Carlyle bought Hawaii's largest telephone carrier from Verizon ... But the Washington, D.C.-based private equity firm faced ... In the third quarter, Hawaiian Telcom's revenue declined ... Of the 109 US companies that have filed...
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