Sentences with phrase «private equity firms seemed»

Not exact matches

Even if transaction fees are a minor factor in the financial troubles of overly indebted companies, private - equity firms often seem reluctant to disclose them.

UA's future seemed uncertain after Sony, Comcast and a group of private equity firms acquired its parent MGM in 2004.

Poor hedge fund performance over the past few years also seems to have (unfairly) tainted the private equity firms, while lingering fears of a fresh bear market has compressed multiples in such a (potentially) high - beta sector... it's been a painful trend to fight / outlast.

However, when it comes to asset management firms, all investors seem to focus on is AUM growth, plus the ongoing switch from active to passive management (despite its basic irrelevance for private equity firms), so the slowdown / halt in FIG's AUM growth in the past year (or so) has been punished severely.

As Knights CEO David Beech told ABA Journal: «Having been in private equity, it seemed obvious to me that running a law firm through an equity partnership structure was dysfunctional and the potential opportunity was significant.»