private equity firms

“Pirate” is one of the nicer terms I’ve heard applied to private equity firms. After all, these are companies that, over the years, I have heard get blamed for everything from global warming to the killing of Geoffrey, the Toys R Us giraffe. The truth of the matter is that when...

I got into the investment business on a steady diet of Graham and Whitman. But that was the 1980s and early 1990s – the golden age of dealmakers and junk bonds, leveraged buyouts and greenmail. Long before the players became gentlemanly private equity titans and activist investors, they were...

Bank of London presented an official offer on Sunday to acquire the U.K. subsidiary of Silicon Valley Bank (NASDAQ: SIVB). The offer was submitted by a group of top private equity firms led by the Bank of London. In a released statement, Bank of London confirmed the submission of the proposal and...

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is set to propose rule changes that would make it harder for crypto firms to be designated as "qualified custodians," Bloomberg reported. The new rules would allow crypto firms to hold client assets for money managers. While the proposed...

The Indian retail segment is attracting more attention from institutional investors and big tech companies, and Washington D.C.-based private equity firm Carlyle Group Inc (NASDAQ: CG) is the latest to express interest.  What Happened: The alternative asset management company is...

A private equity firm is demanding the Port of Los Angeles release over 2,000 documents that allegedly show the local longshore union's sway over port decision-making and its role in a failed container storage yard project that is at the center of a lawsuit. Attorneys for Saybrook Capital filed...

Most investors would be better served by adopting the private equity mind set. Private equity funds have been one of the best performing asset classes for decades. There fund managers tend to buy during difficult times and favor out of favor inexpensive assets and earnings streams. They tend to...