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PE Hub Blog
about 9 hours ago |
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Senator Chris Dodd today unveiled the latest version of his financial regulatory reform bill which, if passed, would have some implications for the venture capital and private equity markets (despi...
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PE Hub Blog
about 9 hours ago |
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* Running a Company, but Can’t Open an Attachment. Dick Fuld is blaming the Repo 105 mess on the fact that he can’t open an email attachment on his phone. (FINS)
*The club deal lawsuit ...
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PE Hub Blog
about 9 hours ago |
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Here are some potential M&A ideas, rumored or official, to jumpstart your deal pipeline. Our sources are various news reports and the Buyouts “Seeking Buyers” list. For prior lists, see below.
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PE Hub Blog
about 11 hours ago |
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Rachel Polish knows how to command a room. That may be due to her Armed Forces experience, since she serves as a public affairs specialist for the U.S. Coast Guard Reserve in addition to her fullti...
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PE Hub Blog
about 12 hours ago |
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Contrary to conventional wisdom, brands really can travel uphill. Apax Partners’ successful ownership of apparel company Tommy Hilfiger is living proof.
When the buyout firm took Tommy Hilfig...
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PE Hub Blog
about 13 hours ago |
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Long before I knew the difference between a general partner and a limited partner, I was a Boston corps member with City Year. It’s a nonprofit organization that served as the model for Ameri...
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PE Hub Blog
about 13 hours ago |
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The California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS) has named Margot Wirth as its new head of alternative investments, peHUB has learned. The position had been empty since early last y...
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PE Hub Blog
about 16 hours ago |
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I’m pleased to announce that peHUB will return to San Francisco on April 14, for our first Bay Area Shindig in more than a year. It will take place at Mighty, which doubles at a music hall on the w...
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PE Hub Blog
about 16 hours ago |
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Last Friday, I had the opportunity to help judge the regional VCIC at MIT. Congrats to the winners from Dartmouth’s Tuck School of Business, which just edged out Wharton. The Tuck team will h...
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PE Hub Blog
about 17 hours ago |
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It’s that special time of year, when corporate America turns a blind eye toward in-house gambling. That’s right dear reader, it’s time for our annual March Madness Extravaganza.
The contest i...
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PE Hub Blog
2010-03-13 |
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Here’s a look at the last week’s worth of scoops, data, and analysis from the peHUB team. Catch up on what you missed before it goes behind our paywall…
All First Reads | All Se...
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PE Hub Blog
2010-03-12 |
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Uh Oh: Will Meg Whitman’s investments pose a conflict of interest problem? The former eBay CEO and current Republican gubernatorial candidate has invested in private equity and hedge funds. (...
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PE Hub Blog
2010-03-12 |
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Oh, WiMax, why have we sunk so much money into you?
That may be what investors in a number of heavily capitalized WiMax startups were asking themselves again earlier this week, when Cisco announced...
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PE Hub Blog
2010-03-12 |
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As usual, we have a week’s worth of ratings actions on the debt of LBO-backed companies from ratings agencies Moody’s Investors Service.
This week Moody’s has some distaste for the Intergraph divid...
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PE Hub Blog
2010-03-11 |
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Dodd: “We don’t need Republicans.” (NY Times)
Excited for Wall Street 2? Well you’ll have to wait. The movie, which was slated to come out in April, has been pushed back to ...
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PE Hub Blog
2010-03-11 |
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The Colorado legislature recently passed a bill (Colorado Bill HB 10-1193) that basically seeks to improve the state’s ability to collect use tax on internet sales. This is a tax that most buyers o...
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PE Hub Blog
2010-03-11 |
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Uber-executive Dan Rosensweig, 48, has had more lives than most cats.
Ten years ago, Rosensweig was still president of Ziff Davis, where he spent a total of 18 years. He then went on to become the ...
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PE Hub Blog
2010-03-11 |
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Let’s face it. You’d like to own a cruising yacht but that’s never going to happen because the IPO market isn’t coming back any time soon. Also, you’re not Jim Clark or Larry Ellison.
That do...
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PE Hub Blog
2010-03-11 |
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Boston-based HarbourVest Partners is preparing to hold a final close on its new cleantech fund. The firm has raised $139 million in commitments to date and is waiting to hear on one or two potentia...
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PE Hub Blog
2010-03-11 |
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Centerbridge Partners is one of those private equity firms that takes the “private” part just as seriously as the “equity” part. The New York firm’s partners rarely comment in the media, and even C...
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