Category: News
05/08/13
01:45:10 pm, by editor of MarketObservation.com 
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Categories: Entrepreneurship/Leadership/Innovation, News
Tech CrunchFeedWind more »
09/18/11
03:45:39 pm, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 12 words
Categories: Deals, Various Market Info, News
Keywords: Carlyle, Founder Succession, IPO more »
09/10/11
11:28:01 pm, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 19 words
Categories: Valuation, Various Market Info, Market Characteristics, News
Carlyle immune to frail banks, files for $100M IPO from The Deal on Vimeo.
Keywords: Carlyle, Private Equity, IPO more »
06/09/11
07:38:12 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com, 60 words
Categories: Deals, Market Characteristics, News, Regulation
Speaking of private equity aid cording to capital iq, the number and dollar volume of live vached buyouts are 15% lower this year than last. 436 deals made here today worth just over $26 billion. a year ago at this time, 477 deals at this point worth nea… more »
06/14/10
06:52:42 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com, 454 words
Categories: Statistics, Market Characteristics, News
Fox Business: Private Equity Investors Set To Shun Funds On Dismal Returns - Study, June 13, 2010
"Private equity investors plan to sidetrack funds and make their own direct investments in private companies in the wake of the financial crisis, which e… more »
05/15/10
08:03:32 pm, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 2 words
Categories: Deals, Market Characteristics, News
Airtime: May 10, 2010 more »
02/09/10
10/12/09
06:35:03 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com, 101 words
Categories: Deals, Investment Strategy, Market Characteristics, News
FT: Blackstone in listing spree, Oct. 12, 2009
Blackstone, the world’s largest buy-out firm, is planning to list up to eight companies it owns and sell at least five others, marking a reversal of its pessimistic view of the global economy and financia… more »
08/03/09
06:55:38 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 49 words
Categories: Statistics, Market Characteristics, News
Looking at the LBO debt levels, many European buy out groups will have a long way to go in their deleveraging process. Particularly in view of the currently depressed profits and free cash flows in portfolio companies:
Source: Financial Times… more »
07/05/09
Cleantech.com: Clean technology venture investment rebounds in 2Q09 after two consecutive quarterly declines, $1.2 billion in venture capital invested in clean technology companies, led by electric vehicles and biofuels, while solar investment hits new l… more »
04/30/09
FT: Hedge fund managers warn on EU plans, April 29, 2009
Hedge fund managers and private equity bosses rounded on European Commission plans for sweeping new regulation of their industries, warning that proposals published on Wednesday in Brussels thre… more »
04/13/09
06:09:10 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 138 words
Categories: Deals, Market Characteristics, News
FT: Goldman to buy discounted private equity holdings, April 12, 2009
Goldman Sachs has raised $5.5bn for a fund to buy discounted private equity holdings – the largest amount ever raised for a fund of this type – as investors anticipate a flood of fo… more »
02/15/09
09:23:36 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 214 words
Categories: Deals, Performance Measurement, News
The Economist: Return to earth
, Buy-outs are souring at an alarming rate as banks turn away, Feb. 12, 2009
"Many will fail for the obvious reasons; too much was paid for them amid rosy forecasts as to how much debt they could carry. Heino Meerkatt o… more »
02/04/09
FAZ: Unter den Autozulieferern geht die Angst um, Feb. 3, 2009
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) reports that many German automotive suppliers fear to go bankrupt due to the decrease in vehicle sales. Lately, Edscha, a Carlyle portfolio company had… more »
01/19/09
03:48:03 pm, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 164 words
Categories: Corporate Governance, Market Characteristics, News
FT: Private equity funds must be regulated, says EU, Jan. 14, 2009
"The commissioner has acknowledged that there are concerns on the private equity fund front that need to be addressed - notably corporate governance, transparency and reporting.
But… more »
For a change something new: a private institution is interested to buy shares of a public institution..
Guardian: Anger as private equity firm CVC considers Royal Mail bid, Sunday 18, 2009
Union leaders and MPs have reacted angrily after it emerged… more »
11/21/08
01:50:07 pm, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 112 words
Categories: Deals, Market Characteristics, News
For buy out firms having cash there are good opportunities out there. Once the credit markets are in better shape they can refinance all equity deals..
FT: Buy-outs bypass bank debt in all-share deals, Nov. 20, 2008
Confucius, the Chinese philosoph… more »
11/14/08
06:19:43 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 52 words
Categories: Performance Measurement, News
Blogging Stocks: Blackstone (BX) posts $502 million loss: Time to be private again? Nov. 12, 2008
As expected, the Blackstone Group LP (NYSE: BX) had a brutal Q3. There was a loss of $502.5 million, or $0.44 per share, which compares to earnings of $2… more »
10/05/08
08:01:33 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 91 words
Categories: Investment Strategy, Entrepreneurship/Leadership/Innovation, News
From left: Al Gore, John Doerr, Bill Joy, Ray Lane and John Denniston
This weekend's New York Times magazine has an article about the greentech activities of Kleiner Perkins, the world's best known venture capital firm:
New York Times Magazine: Cap… more »
09/27/08
07:44:42 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 106 words
Categories: Deals, Investment Strategy, News
Back in the 1990s, the founder of TPG, David Bonderman, sold once-troubled American Savings Bank to Washington Mutual for a big profit. He was then rewarded with a seat on the board of Washington Mutual.
This April the press reported that TPG structur… more »
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PRIVATE EQUITY NEWS:
ENTREPRENEUR'S BLOGS:
- Marc Andreessen's Blog (Founder Netscape Communications)
- Richard Branson's Blog
- The Enterprise Network (a Network of Silicon Valley Entrepreneurs)
- Feld Thoughts (from Brad Feld, Founder of Feld Technologies)
- Jonathan's Blog (Jonathan Schwartz, Sun Microsystems)
- Seth Goding (Author and Entrepreneur)
- Lee Hower (Part of the founding Team of LinkedIn
- Ryan McIntyre (Co-Founder Excite)
- Peter Rip (General Partner Crosslink Ventures)
- Peter Schüpbach NewBorn Blog
_________________________________________________________________________________FOUNDER HIGHLIGHTS AND FOUNDER FRUSTRA- TIONS:
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- Altassets
- Angel's Corner
- Blogging Buy outs (AOL Money)
- China Venture News
- CMBOR Nottingham Univ.
- Fractals of Change
- From Wall Street to Main Street (Private Equity Blog of Congressman Tom Reynolds
- Innovations-Report
- PrivateEquityBlogger.com
- PrivateEquityFirms.com
- LPX-Private Equity Research
- Private Equity Intelligence
- Private Equity Week
- PWC Money Tree
- Silicon Valley News
- Silicon Valley Watcher
- Standard&Poors (LBO Debt)
- TechConfidential
- TechCrunch
- The Funded (Experiences with VC's)
- Think Equity Blog (Silicon Valley)
- Valleywag (Tech Gossip)
- VCCircle (India)
- Venture Capital Magazin (Germany)
- Venture Economics
_______________________________________________________________________________DEAL RUMORS/DEALS:
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- Asian VC Journal
- BVCA (UK)
- Private Equity Guide (Emory Univ.)
- European Corp. Gov. Institute
- EVCA (Europe)
- IVA (Israel)
- NVCA(USA)
- NVCA(India)
- Private Equity Valuation
- Private Equity Council (Washington DC)
- SECA (Switzerland)
- Yale Entrepreneurial Society
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- Dow Jones: Venture Capital Statistics
- Emory Univ: Private Equity Institute (incl. comprehensive Statistics Links)
- Venture Capital and Private Equity Industry (Baker Library Harvard)
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