Hints and tips:
...Chris Rossbach, a fund manager at J Stern & Co, said it had voted in favour of Disney’s board recommendations....
...to LPs by improperly billing hundreds of thousands of personal expenses....
...The injection of cash led by private equity group TPG and its then-partner Sixth Street was meant to propel the company towards either a splashy initial public offering or a multibillion-dollar sale....
...It had also been a player in such distressed assets as retailer J Crew. The firm’s soon-to-be-shuttered hedge fund is a traditional “evergreen” vehicle....
...DD would love to hear from LPs with thoughts on the matter. Email due.diligence@ft.com....
...has built an eclectic catalogue of artists since it sold its original business to Sony including a number of heritage acts including Texas, Iron Maiden and Boy George and new musicians such as Mabel, Alt-J...
...J&J lost that case but is appealing....
...’ Paul Taubman, Centerview’s Blair Effron and Guggenheim Partners’ Alan Schwartz....
...Look at J Crew and Neiman Marcus, which have filed for bankruptcy....
...But firms including Warburg Pincus, BC Partners, Blackstone and Centerbridge decided not to bid for Metro after assessing the lender around the time of the bond deal, people familiar with the groups said...
...Capping off the list are Christiana Riley, head of Deutsche Bank Americas, Paul Taubman, founder, chairman and CEO of PJT Partners, Dwight Scott, president of GSO Capital Partners and David Marcus, head...
...Law firm CMS has hired Charles Howarth as a partner in its corporate team based in London. He joins from Herbert Smith Freehills....
...Except T.J....
...J&J is contesting the charges and said in a statement: “Our actions in the marketing and promotion of these important prescription pain medications were appropriate and responsible” adding that since 2008...
CFTC seeks timeframe for action on clean-up of credit default swaps market
...Canson Capital Partners, BofA Merrill Lynch, Citigroup, and J.P....
...Leonard Green & Partners of Los Angeles bought majority ownership of the largest UK gym chain by membership from CCMP Capital, the British buyout house....
...That’s good news for Reuters News and its 2,500+ journalists (although there are still some lingering questions over this final point, according to Paul J Davies at the WSJ’s Heard on the Street)....
...Investors that shorted Chinese companies listed in Hong Kong or the mainland suffered losses of more than $35bn in 2017, almost half their stakes, according to New York-based data provider S3 Partners....
...Tesco’s controversial deal follows last year’s move by rival J Sainsbury to diversify beyond supermarkets by acquiring Argos, the catalogue retailer that sells electronics and homewares....
...Shares in J&J climbed 1 per cent on Wednesday and were up 0.3 per cent at $102.45 in mid-morning on Thursday. J&J declined to comment....
...Paul Taubman, the former Morgan Stanley banker now at the helm of boutique investment bank PJT Partners, earned $75.5m in total compensation last year....
...Artisan Partners, an investment manager with a $480m holding in the group, has sounded out several activist investors about buying into J&J and agitating for the company to break itself up....
...Mr Brand is joining PJT Partners, the boutique advisory firm, according to two people familiar with the situation....
...j) operating with inadequate internal routine and controls policies....
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