Hints and tips:
...Axel Springer looks like a classic private equity windfall....
...ACC, which owns more than 100 halls of residence and housing units near the campuses of prestigious universities including Princeton and the University of California Berkeley, was a case in point....
...UBS is seeking to liquidate more of his assets including Aspen Valley Ranch, an 813-acre luxury compound in Colorado that includes several residences in addition to his own....
...business at Monaco insurance broker Jutheau-Husson, says that 80 per cent of her clients have large homes in the surrounding French countryside — often large, historic buildings — in addition to a main residence...
...“There are a bunch of very strong women coming up the senior management ranks; they’re just not at the top top levels yet.” Bloomberg LP is now having to contemplate a world without its sun king....
...It takes its name from the racing circuit and aerodrome in Surrey, built in 1907 (as does the Brooklands Lift Lobby), hosting a rotation of classic cars from the Brooklands Museum’s collection....
...But the outpost of Langosteria that sits high atop La Samaritaine – which contains Cheval Blanc Paris, part of LVMH Hotel Management – has everything else to recommend it....
...ACC’s sale to Blackstone comes after months of pressure exerted on the housing company’s board by Land & Buildings Investment Management, a real estate-focused activist fund led by former Citigroup analyst...
...It’s a stone-cold classic....
...I donned improbable costumes and bad accents for Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest at the Irish ambassador’s residence, noir classic The Maltese Falcon at the historic museum at Dumbarton House...
...In a classic bonds and equities portfolio, distaste for bonds would normally mean appetite for stocks....
...AMC: Silver Lake’s winning cinema script Last year two titanic private equity groups — Silver Lake Partners and Apollo Global Management — counted themselves as large debtholders at AMC Entertainment, the...
...Smart reads Prince of Beverly Hills A Qatari sheikh took up residence at the Beverly Wilshire while completing two degrees at the University of Southern California....
...Sure, the buyout group that inspired the Wall Street classic Barbarians at the Gate still runs funds that snap up huge companies such as Unilever’s former margarine business to Envision, the controversial...
...As a newsletter focused on dealmaking, it hasn’t escaped our attention that classic M&A has slowed down dramatically (if you don’t include the folks behind High Times magazine baking up a $80m high street...
...A rendezvous on the Côte d’Azur, where Schwarzman enjoys one of his many palatial residences, was always a tad risky for a man who loves to control the situation....
...But it would not necessarily make life easier for senior management, one buyout executive said on Wednesday....
...The classic buyout playbook, so good that it warranted one of Blackstone’s biggest-ever equity cheques....
...“In the past, we struggled to sell The Go-Between [LP Hartley, 1953] but recently they all want it, especially in Europe.”...
...Norway and Spain, for example, exempt or discount the value of primary residences....
...Tidjane Thiam, chief executive of Credit Suisse Credit Suisse has been rebuilding its wealth management and private banking operations in Saudi Arabia for several years, keen to win business from those...
...ECG, which posted revenues of €230m last year, has already seen growth through a classic private equity strategy known as buy-and-build....
...Ares Management in February became the first major private equity group to ditch its partnership tax structure....
...He wrote a book about preservation and founded the Classic American Homes Preservation Trust (CAHPT), opening several properties to public viewing....
...From the spotted bronze pumpkin in the valet court to the light sculpture above the marble concierge desk, few expenses have been spared at Sky Residences....
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