Private Equity

Blackstone beats expectations in rocky market

Blackstone Group, one of the world's largest private equity firms, reported a quarterly loss Wednesday due mainly to compensation expenses tied to last year's initial public offering.

Chief Investment Officer (private equity) - Sovereign Wealth Fund

NA - Sovereign, SK - An amazing and rare opportunity has arisen at a SWF in Abu Dhabi to become their Chief Investment Officer (private equity). This leading organization with a global remit seeks to appoint an extremely high...

Entrepreneur magazine sale appears dead

Dylan Stableford of Folio writes that the sale of Entrepreneur magazine to investors appears to be dead. Stableford writes, “In June, Austin Ventures, a Texas-based private equity firm, was reported to be close to a deal worth close to that number. The companies were in a due diligence phase, and a deal was set to be [...]

Redcats USA Sheds Missy Unit

Redcats USA is a little leaner: The multititle apparel mailer announced July 28 it completed the sale of its Missy division to New York-based private equity firm Monomoy Capital Partners.

Unilever sells North American detergents business

Unilever NV said Monday it has agreed to sell its North American laundry detergents business, including the All, Snuggle, Wisk and Surf brands, to a private equity investor for $1.45 billion. In this Jan. 25, 2008 file photo chairman of Unilever Netherlands, Michael Treschow, looks up when addressing a conference during the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.Unilever NV says it has agreed to sell its North American laundry detergents business, including the All, Snu...

BoF Daily Digest | LK Bennett buyout, Tanya Sarne's 'handwritten', Carrefour, Estate jewelry

Coronation of LK Bennett's kitten-heel queen (The Telegraph) Media shy Linda Bennett speaks to Andrew Cave about the £100m takeover of LK Bennett by private equity firms Phoenix Equity Partners and Sirius Equity. Life after Ghost: Tanya Sarne is back...

shareholders approve private equity merger

) said Thursday that it believes its shareholders have approved the broadcasting company's merger with Bain Capital Partners LLC and Thomas H. Lee Partners L.P. Clear Channel said that an initial ta...

Investors See Africa as Desirable Private-Equity Destination

Africa is seen as an increasingly desirable destination for private-equity investment, which can fuel economic development, according to investment banker Tom Gibian, speaking at the seventh annual AGOA Forum in Washington.

A customer stands at the SpiceJet counter at the domestic airport in Mumbai, India, Tuesday, July 15, 2008. U.S.-based p...

AP - A customer stands at the SpiceJet counter at the domestic airport in Mumbai, India, Tuesday, July 15, 2008.

Winston & Strawn private equity head goes to Kaye Scholer

G. Thomas Stromberg joined the Kaye Scholer's Los Angeles office as a partner in the corporate and finance department. Stromberg focuses on mergers and acquisitions, private equity, corporate finance transactions, joint ventures, corporate governance issues and general corporate matters. He...