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...Its chair, Erica Williams, told the Financial Times that it would “continue to use every tool in our enforcement toolbox to make sure people know that there are consequences for putting investors at risk...
...Other private equity deals in the agency world included Silver Lake’s investment in Ari Emanuel’s William Morris in 2012 and EQT’s investment in United Talent Agency last year....
...It advised talent agency William Morris Endeavor on the sale of a minority stake to private equity group Silver Lake in 2012 and the group’s acquisition of sports agency IMG the following year....
...UBS said the new arrangement with Apollo — which included the transfer of $8bn of senior secured financing facilities — would result in a $300mn net gain for the bank....
...The fact that Messi played days later in Tokyo “feels like another slap in the face”, it said....
...in some $40bn in system sales....
...Additional reporting by Daniel Thomas in London...
...When dismissing part of a claim brought by three artists a year ago against AI companies Stability AI, DeviantArt and Midjourney, US Judge William Orrick said one “problem” was that it was “not plausible...
...Baird added it was “disappointed with the findings” but had “made enhancements to our compliance procedures in recent years”. William Blair and the Perella entities declined to comment....
...Silver Lake first invested in Endeavor in 2012 when it was called William Morris Endeavor, a standalone talent agency run by Emanuel....
...And in 2021, Apollo fully merged with Athene Holding, the annuity insurance company it created in the wake of the global financial crisis....
...Other potential bidders include DMGT, which is also lining up external financial partners for its bid; the former Telegraph editor Sir William Lewis; and Czech billionaire Daniel Křetínský....
...But in hushed tones, investors and advisers have been increasingly warning DD’s Antoine Gara, Eric Platt and William Louch of trouble ahead. So how much of a bind is private equity in, really?...
...Creditors allege Camshaft’s now 26-year-old manager William Morton went on “an extravagant spending spree” after the $533mn was transferred and that Ferrari, Lamborghini and Rolls-Royce cars were registered...
...During Google’s opening statement, a lawyer for the company, John Schmidtlein, a partner at Williams & Connolly, argued the “competitive pressures” it faces in search “have never been more varied or significant...
...William Barr, former US attorney-general who was in office when the lawsuit was filed in 2020, said at the time that internet competition was “vitally important”, making the “challenge against Google — the...
...Yale finance professor William Goetzmann....
...William Mansfield, Credit Suisse’s head of M&A for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, is departing for a new role at Deutsche Bank....
...Serena Williams, the retired tennis star, is also joining as a senior adviser....
...An aggressive dealmaker, he merged Endeavor with rival William Morris, acquired sports media group IMG and Ultimate Fighting Championship, along with about 20 more transactions....
...In the field of advanced AI, this kind of thing seems to happen quite often....
...To paraphrase William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, something is rotten in the state of Illumina,” Icahn said in the letter to shareholders....
...“Ken Griffin learned much about hedging in the 2008 financial crisis and has an extremely disciplined approach to risk,” said David Williams, founder of outsourced equity trading company Williams Trading...
...Shares in Credit Suisse dropped 1.8 per cent in early trading on Tuesday, having fallen more than 50 per cent this year....
...William Ford, the chief executive and chair of General Atlantic, said that the new firm will “play an important role in strengthening Abu Dhabi’s position as an emerging global financial centre.”...
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