Private Equity’s Back Door to Buying Banks - Wall Street Journal Blogs

Private Equity’s Back Door to Buying Banks Wall Street Journal Blogs, NY - 20 hours ago After paying billions of dollars in 2006 and 2007 for deals that many considered overvalued and that burdened the targets with too much debt, private-equity ...

Nomura’s Share Plunge Causes Loss at Private-Equity Firm Jafco - Bloomberg

Nomura’s Share Plunge Causes Loss at Private-Equity Firm Jafco Bloomberg - Jan 4, 2009 ... quarter helped fuel an estimated investment loss of 1.32 billion yen ($14.4 million) at Jafco Co., the Japanese private-equity investment firm said. ...

Chesapeake Energy: ‘We Keep Proving [the Deal Skeptics] Wrong’ - Wall Street Journal Blogs

Chesapeake Energy: ‘We Keep Proving [the Deal Skeptics] Wrong’ Wall Street Journal Blogs, NY - 21 minutes ago The Oklahoma City company capped a busy 2008 with the $412 million sale of natural-gas production in Oklahoma and Arkansas to Argonaut Private Equity. ...

Equity firm launch is par for the course - Scotland on Sunday

Equity firm launch is par for the course Scotland on Sunday, UK - Jan 3, 2009 By Nathalie Thomas A GROUP of Scottish entrepreneurs is setting up a private equity firm in Edinburgh to take advantage of the depressed market conditions. ...

2008 Review - Look back in Horror! - RGE Monitor

2008 Review - Look back in Horror! RGE Monitor, NY - Jan 5, 2009 Alternative assets (private equity and hedge funds) that were meant to perform differently to other asset classes and diversify investment portfolios also ...