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Asia Leads the IPO Race as U.S. Drops Further Back
12:50PM 11/08/2010
Over the last 11 years, Asia's IPO market has ascended while the U.S. market has imploded. Led by China, which has raised $76 billion through IPOs in 2010, Asia's share of global IPOs has increased from 12% in 1999 to 66%. Meanwhile, U.S. IPOs have declined from around 44% to 11% during the same time period, according to Bloomberg.
Gymboree Hires Goldman Sachs to Auction Itself Off
10:57AM 10/05/2010
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After seeing interest from potential buyers, children's clothing retailer Gymboree has hired Goldman Sachs to auction itself off, and more private-equity firms have already stepped in to say they want to play. Gymboree executives are reportedly looking for price of $55 to $60 a share.
Gymboree Jumps in Extended Hours Trading on Potential Sale
6:45AM 10/01/2010
Gymboree Corp (GYMB) surged in extended-hours trading following reports that it is considering selling itself to private equity companies.
The stock jumped 19.69% to $49.72 a share as of 7:59 pm ET Thursday.
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The children's clothing's retailer and its bankers have been...
Private Equity Groups Interested in Barnes & Noble
8:15AM 8/05/2010
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A number of private equity groups may be interested in bookstore chain Barnes & Noble (BKS), Reuters reported.
Private equity firms including Bain Capital and Apollo are interested in "taking a look" at the company, Reuters said without naming its sources.
Barnes & Noble, which has a...
Peter Langerman's Franklin Mutual Series fund family invests like a private equity fund or hedge fund when it wants to, even though the clients are retail investors who pay low fees on small deposits.
What Private Equity Dealmakers Are Saying at Davos
8:30AM 2/01/2010
Just a year ago, private equity was frozen amid fear that the global economic system would fall into the abyss. While the world avoided that worst-case scenario and growth hasn't exactly roared back, the world economy is perking up -- and so is dealmaking.
Congress dragged its feet all year to try to get a comprehensive financial package out of the House Financial Services Committee. But members of Congress have realized that isn't going to happen, and the public is getting impatient to see them reign in abuses by financial institutions that took us...
Private equity returns down 30 percent -- and that's the good news
9:30AM 10/19/2009
For the past year, silver linings have been in short supply. Even as financial markets claw their way back up, the wealth lost has been neither forgotten nor completely recovered. In the private equity sector, the good news is that, frankly, the situation could have been worse. Though returns...
Private equity fund follows Ayn Rand's teachings and finds opportunity
11:00AM 10/17/2009
The next time you take a bite of a Carvel ice-cream cake, you'd better make sure you earned it. The company that owns it, Roark Capital Group, is an Atlanta-based private equity fund named for the virtuously selfish architect concocted by writer and philosopher -- and master of neither writing nor...
Global private equity market is way down, but it may have hit bottom
12:30PM 10/01/2009
For the private equity industry, 2009 is looking a lot like 2003. After yet another tough quarter, the amount of new funds raised plummeted, reaching levels not seen in six years, according to documents London-based private equity research firm Preqin has provided to DailyFinance. Fewer funds are...
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