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...Its new fund — known as Strategic Investment Partners V — plans to buy risky debt, including junior loans and convertible bonds, as well as preferred stock....
...Raine also advised both sides as Nassef Sawiris and Wesley Edens welcomed new investment from investment firm Atairos into V Sports, the owner of Aston Villa, just days before Ratcliffe struck his agreement...
...A gambit to raise cash for US rival Carlyle Group’s latest buyout fund has come up short....
...Yet she had given them all up....
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...And finally Fabergé conjures up delicious thoughts of lavish Easter eggs, Russian empresses and James Bond....
...Please be v careful.” The minister tweeted that Google, the search engine, “can no longer be trusted as they don’t vet their advertisers”....
...Meanwhile, a boom in first-quarter trading revenues for investment banks will probably only provide a short-term fillip....
...Causeway Capital Management LLC, the LA hedge fund, has declared 4.88 per cent of Micro Focus....
...There’s also another small, not terribly surprising profit warning as investment requirements get cranked up for the long-term good....
...After a few years, that begins to add up to serious money. And the margins are good, much better than on boring old commissions....
...“The court stood up for common sense and affirmed what we have been arguing from the outset — that the law absolutely prohibits insiders from advantaging their friends and relatives at the expense of the...
...Dell’s holding company, Denali, has set up a capital stock committee, made up of independent directors, to review any changes to the shares in future....
...Precious v industrial metals: Buy precious metals when you are worried about growth, and switch to industrials when you think the economy can pick up....
...Salman v United States lacks the Wall Street stars that made trading on insider information a defining feature of the 1980s....
...The directors and one investment bank, Moelis, settled before a trial. But another bank, Royal Bank of Canada, contested the charges in court and winded up losing....
...There is an interesting philosophical question about whether Tibco shareholders have been harmed by the share mix-up....
...Said Mr Bewkes: “HBO’s going to up the ante again in 2014, increasing its original series hours and investment in original programming.”...
...It reminds us of Texas Competitive Electric Holdings Company LLC (TCEH) in 2011....
...“Every company that makes it acts as a catalyst for new ideas, new start-ups and new investments. It’s a ripple effect,” said Sebastian Siemiatkowski, the chief executive of Klarna....
...Only 220 brands successfully acquired domains this way, including British Airways (ba.co.uk) and Virgin Enterprises (v.co.uk). The auctions ran in August and September....
...Overall, TPG’s funds are likely to be up about 29 per cent at year’s end when the group finalises its numbers, the people familiar with it say....
...“Our competitors get into these brand wars like Coke v Pepsi,” says Zimmer at UTA....
...So what happens is these toxic assets don’t end up clogging the system, they end up being realigned over time....
...In case you missed these stories: - Goldman to buy discounted private equity holdings Goldman Sachs has raised $5.5bn for its Vintage V fund to buy discounted private equity holdings – the largest fund...
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