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...I mean, it's amazing to me now, as we sit here today, that we have an International Space Station that is still holding together an international coalition....
...He says that for 15 years, half of the carried interest he was entitled to from Vista’s premiere fund was filtered through a Nevis LLC called Flash Holdings, owned via bearer shares by a Belize foundation...
...All of which means that — at the crucial moment — the powder may turn out not to be so dry after all....
...It plans to use the new Royce Translational Centre to develop ways to make components for jet engines out of an ultra-light titanium alloy, using an electron beam to melt the metal powder and 3D printing...
...Asia Pacific investors mostly took their cues from Wall Street on Friday, keeping their powder dry ahead of the meeting in Jackson Hole, where Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen is set to speak....
...“This dry powder increases the competition that exists between private equity managers, driving up the prices of the assets that they bid for and thereby lowering future returns,” says Inigo Fraser-Jenkins...
...The raindrop cake is a water jelly served with soybean powder and brown sugar syrup — an Instagram hit in New York but a Japanese creation from Yamanashi prefecture....
...Private equity groups have $530bn of so-called dry powder, more than the $481bn they held in 2009, according to Preqin data....
...There, it is refined into a powder and placed in large white bags before being sent around the world....
...It has patented a process that creates a metal powder that can be used to print 3D parts, removing the need to grind down an ingot....
...This has helped Advent International, Warburg Pincus, CVC Capital Partners, Carlyle and Silver Lake raise more than $10bn each for new funds....
...Highbridge Capital Management LLC and Pine River Capital Management LP are restarting or expanding their Asian offerings. ” (Bloomberg) COMMENTS & CURIOS Free movement within Europe needs to be less free...
...● Titanium Asset Management and Impax Asset Management Group have made a distribution agreement to launch the Impax Green Markets fund and the Titanium Impax International Green fund....
...As buy-out groups still have about $450bn of “dry powder” left to invest, there is fierce competition for the best opportunities, which is pushing up prices....
...Yorkshire’s Joseph Rhodes is recognised for being world leader in super plastic forming presses, joining titanium and aluminium alloys into strong, light shapes for aerospace, and Makevale for its lightweight...
...Mr Carr has kept his cocoa powder dry for a more concerted standalone defence but has just as astutely left the door open for a higher bid....
...On Monday they closed up slightly at €4.13, giving the company a market capitalisation of about €350m ($489m), less than the €440m in net cash the company says it has as “dry powder” to invest....
...“Private equity firms have dry powder while many other traditional buyers don’t,” says Rose DiMartino, a partner with Willkie Farr & Gallagher....
...He added: “I’m sure if they keep their powder dry they can pick up one or two bargains in Spain.”...
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