In 2006, the company was sold to Delphi Acquisition Holding I BV, a private equity investment vehicle of funds managed by 3i Investments.
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About a year ago, the Oklahoma City-based private-equity investment manager heard about Enterprise's luxury car service and got hooked.
Such short stints are proving particularly popular in private equity and investment banking, where firms want assistance on analytic or financial projects.
Before that, he was co-founder of a profitable private-equity investment firm.
After a decade of tepid growth and some years of job losses, Silicon Valley has blown itself another huge tech bubble, this time driven by the social media craze and a surge in private-equity investment.
One of the greatest private equity deals going, an investment in Molycorp, belongs to little-known private equity firm Resource Capital Funds, headquartered in Denver.
Lining up the private equity arms of investment banks is another smart move.
Private equity funds and investment banks acquire hundred-million-dollar-plus equity stakes in utility-scale wind farms and solar tax equity funds.
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Venture capital firms are going head-to-head with other private equity firms, investment banks and Silicon Valley startups -- all searching for the same fresh talent.
She worked as a lawyer at Wall Street firm Skadden, Arps and then as a venture capitalist at GE Equity in Hong Kong, leaving in 1999 to run a small responsible-investment private equity fund, Maven International, in the city.
Private equity funds are unregulated investment vehicles formed to facilitate investments in listed and unlisted shares and other securities.
In terms of the availability of private equity, nearly every international private equity firm is combing China for investment opportunities.
Financial experts venture capitalists, angel investors, private equity professionals, public equity asset managers, and investment bankers provided insight to help gauge their sentiment with the IPO, including their expectations for the performance of the Facebook stock and whether or not they plan to participate in the IPO.
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The company received a minority investment offer from three private equity players, but decided not to accept it as it judged the cost of investment to be excessive for shareholders and also dilutive in nature.
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Private equity money is infesting the investment waters like the shark in the movie, Jaws.
Typically investors in private equity funds and other alternative investment vehicles expect a full payback within ten years.
It is one of the so-called private investment in public equity, or PIPE, transactions regulators have been examining for illegal trading activity.
Reportedly, Yang wants to structure a PIPE (private investment in public equity) deal that would allow the discounted sale of up to 19.9% of Yahoo!
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The chief executive of mamma.com had gone to Cuban with details of a private investment in public equity deal, which is a way for companies to raise capital.
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And the odds for India startups to fly high are slimmer now that one of the most experienced venture teams in India is shifting to PIPE (private investment in public equity) deals.
So, the tax bill's writers added a provision saying any profit from the sale of a hedge fund, a private-equity firm or other investment partnership would be taxed at the higher rates that apply to ordinary income.
Evercore Partners analyst Ken Sena reduced his rating on Yahoo to Equal Weight from Overweight, despite the potential acquisition of the company, based on his concern about the possibility that the company will choose to do a PIPE (Private Investment in Public Equity) deal.
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From whichever perspective, it appears that the private equity giants may find a good investment in Gamestop.
The big VCs, in turn, will have to disrupt investment banks and private equity firms out of private placements.
Richards, 37, started Global Rescue in 2004, after a spending nearly a decade as an investment banker and private equity investor on Wall Street.
Best Buy (BBY) announced that the company reached an agreement with founder Richard Schulze, allowing him to form an investment group with private equity sponsors.
It provides global financial and economic data and a variety of analytical applications to investment managers, hedge funds, investment bankers, private equity companies, and other investors.
Despite shedding its insurance underwriting and asset management units in the last year or so, Citigroup continues to operate in a stunning variety of businesses, from subprime mortgage lending and branch banking to investment banking, private equity and securities servicing.
Highly leveraged private equity buyers have left real estate investment trusts in the dust over the past three years, but the REITs are now in a strong cash position, operating with usually no more than 50% leverage and with access to relatively cheap money.
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