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A head of one of the largest U.S. private equity companies said a geopolitical surprise is the only thing for markets to worry about in the next two years.

Not exact matches

The much - anticipated international listing of Saudi Aramco — the world's largest oil company — is likely to be delayed until 2019, but that decision makes sense given that oil prices are expected to head to $ 80 per barrel, a private equity investor said.

«I don't really trust a private company to watch out for equity because I haven't seen it happen,» councilwoman Meghan Sahli - Wells reportedly said.

Most likely such a sale would be to a private equity company that would then divide up the assets, she said.

Net investment income fell 1 percent to $ 603 million, due to lower private equity returns compared with a year earlier, the company said.

Bayless, who specializes in later - stage private - equity placement, says, «Origin Group allows larger companies to utilize the advantages of being small and flexible in order to attack problems created by their bigness.»

The company engineered two three - month loans, totaling $ 300,000, from a private party — «a friend of a friend,» says Anderson — who required the owners to put up 10 % of their equity as collateral and make principal and interest payments of $ 75,000 a month.

One would - be buyer, a private equity firm from New York City, said it lacked the funds to buy the company.

Private - equity firm Lantern Capital is the winning bidder for substantially all the assets of The Weinstein Company, the TV and film studio that filed for bankruptcy after co-founder Harvey Weinstein was accused of sexual assault, The Weinstein Company said on Tuesday.

BRVM is also in talks with private equity funds including ECP, Tunisia's Africinvest, and Mauritian group AFIG Funds, to encourage them to list companies on the exchange as part of their exit strategies for assets, Amenounve said.

At Fortune's Brainstorm Tech conference in Aspen in July, investors at private equity firms TPG Capital and General Atlantic — both large shareholders of Uber — said neither of them had marked down their holdings amid the company's turmoil.

The Chinese consortium involved in the deal also includes Ma's private equity firm Yunfeng Capital, China Oceanwide Holdings Group Co, China Minsheng Trust Co, CDH China HF Holdings Company Limited, and Hony Capital Fund, the companies said.

PARIS, April 17 - French healthcare group Sanofi is in exclusive talks to sell its Zentiva European generics drugs arm to private equity firm Advent International for 1.9 billion euros, the companies said on Tuesday.

Private equity fund Waterwood led the round although every existing backer, including Sequoia, Pitango, Lazarus, Silicon Valley Bank and Globespan Capital Partners also participated, said Dani Golan, founder and CEO of the Needham, Mass. - based company.

Private equity firm Berkshire Partners LLC said on Wednesday it would acquire a significant minority stake in Kendra Scott Design Inc, in a deal that sources said values the Austin, Texas - based jewelry company at more than $ 1 billion.

«No matter what they do in their careers — go off to a private equity firm, to consulting, go work for a big company, be in the marketing unit at Merck — they're almost certain to be involved in launching new businesses or new products, or working with people who are,» Eisenmann says.

«The best way to think about them is as a private - equity shop operating in the software industry,» says Jeff Mo, a portfolio manager with Calgary's Mawer Investment Management, which has a 12 % stake in the company.

Private equity firm Carlyle Group is exploring a sale or initial public offering of Ortho - Clinical Diagnostics Inc, a U.S. diagnostics company that could be valued at more than $ 7 billion, including debt, people familiar with the matter said.

«In troubled times like these, public companies turn to the private - equity markets because they don't have the same financing opportunities that they might otherwise possess, either by selling more stock in the secondary markets or by borrowing whatever money they need from banks,» he says.

Hostess Brands LLC, the maker of Twinkies and Ding Dongs, said an affiliate of private equity firm Gores Group will buy the company in a $ 725 million deal and take it public.

The new private - equity funding should capitalize the company for the next two years, she says.

The shortlist comprises mainly large companies and big private equity firms including TPG Capital, and excludes many small companies that proposed some kind of combination, such as privately held Yellow Pages owner YP, the people said this week.

LONDON, Sept 6 (Reuters)- Canadian pension fund Caisse de depot et Placement du Quebec (CDPQ) and private equity fund Ardian entered into exclusive talks to acquire a significant stake in airport ground support firm Alvest, the companies said on Wednesday.

Greek yogurt maker Chobani, battling intense competition in the grocery aisle, on Monday said it will name a new chief executive to replace its founder and may appoint its acting president, a turnaround expert from private equity firm TPG which lent the company $ 750 million last year.

Earth Treks partnered with Tengram Capital Partners, a private equity firm specializing in consumer brands, with a goal of creating «a brand with a truly national footprint,» the company said in a news release.

Private equity firm Lantern Capital is the winning bidder for substantially all the assets of the Weinstein Company, the TV and film studio that filed for bankruptcy after co-founder Harvey Weinstein was accused of sexual assault, the Weinstein Company said on Tuesday.

Since the U.K. eliminated its tax on income earned outside the country several years ago, it's become increasingly popular for so - called corporate inversions, a controversial practice in which a foreign company buys a U.K. company, primarily to lower its tax bill, says Andrew Needham, a tax partner at law firm Cravath, Swaine & Moore, which specializes in private equity and hedge funds.

HONG KONG (Reuters)- Private equity firm Carlyle Group is planning a sale of South Korean security systems company ADT Caps in what could be the country's biggest M&A deal in two years, sources with knowledge of the matter said.

April 30 Private equity firm Lantern Capital is nearing a deal to acquire the Weinstein Company, the TV and film studio whose former chairman Harvey Weinstein faces sexual assault claims, with a $ 310 million offer, people familiar with the matter said.

This AlixPartners report says that the relationship between portfolio company CEOs & their private equity owners is often pretty rocky — and that it too often leads to disruptive & costly departures.

That said, KKR still has a business to run, and the private equity company seems optimistic about how things are going.

The company says it struck deals to sell stakes to private equity firm Primavera Capital Group, and...

In addition to that, reports later in the week said that the company is in talks to partner with a leading private equity fund to buy Anadarko Petroleum's south Texas oil and gas assets in a deal that could be worth up to $ 3.5 billion.

U.S. private - equity firm TPG said on Oct. 13 it had sold its stake in Myanmar Distillery, the country's largest spirits company, to Thai Beverage, the beer and spirits firm run by Thai magnate Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi.

Kirk Falconer PE Hub — IPO (Canada) Canadian steelmaker Stelco Inc (TSX: STLC) said a syndicate of underwriters has agreed to buy $ 217.5 million of the company's common shares from U.S. private equity firm Bedrock Industries Group.

Gouw says that «typically public and major private companies give board members an equity stake equal to a VP, but with a shorter vesting period.»

(Reuters)- Hostess Brands LLC, the maker of Twinkies and Ding Dongs, said on Tuesday it will be bought in a $ 725 million deal by an affiliate of private equity company Gores Group, which will then take it public.

«It has been seen that investors have made money without companies making money,» said Sanjeev Krishan, transaction services and private equity leader at PwC India.

The private - equity owners of BJ's Wholesale Club are preparing to take the company public in the coming months, people familiar with the deal said.

What's more, women - led startups last year obtained just 2.2 percent of all VC funding, Brand said, citing statistics from PitchBook, a Seattle company that tracks mergers and acquisitions, private equity and venture capital.

Earlier, the companies said Kraft shareholders will receive stock in the combined company and a special cash dividend of $ 16.50 per share, financed by a $ 10 billion investment from private equity firm 3G Capital and Berkshire Hathaway.

Given the prices being paid for companies, investors» returns over the life of the fund are likely to drop into the low to mid-teens, said Hugh H. MacArthur, head of global private equity at the consulting firm Bain & Company, which used to be affiliated with Bain Capital, the private equity firm.

In the biggest delisting this year, Focus Media Holding Co. said in August its chairman and private equity firms would buy back its U.S. shares in a deal that valued the Shanghai - based advertising company at $ 3.5 billion.

The company, formerly public but recently taken over by a private equity firm, still consciously tries to «do the right thing in the way that employees treat customers,» says Theodore Malloch, who leads Yale University's Spiritual Capital Initiative.

Liquor retailers say the prospect of Treasury Wine Estates» portfolio of 80 - plus brands being owned by an overseas company is unlikely to produce a customer backlash, unless price rises are pursued by new private equity owners.

Treasury Wine Estates chief executive Mike Clarke says the company is on the acquisition trail in the United States at the premium end of the market, as he reinforced his desire to keep running the company even if one of the two private equity suitors takes control.

JPMorgan's local head of mergers, Jon Gidney, said activity in the next six to 12 months would be buoyed by «cashed - up» private equity and Australian companies moving to strategically position for scale.

The private - equity firm, which is focused exclusively on the restaurant industry and has worked with brands like Taco Bell and Denny's, said the partnership will recapitalize the company and accelerate new store growth across the Midwest and beyond.

Pitango general manager Wade Gillooly wouldn't reveal the price Sydney - based Beak and Johnston had paid for the New Zealand company, but said becoming part of a family - owned business was a welcome change after a few years of private equity ownership.

«There's a drumbeat,» says Bob Crowley of Mustang Management, a private equity firm that has sunk millions into the lacrosse equipment company Cascade.