Sentences with phrase «private equity had»

Seniors housing prices were out of whack because private equity had access to cheap capital.

Private equity had gone quiet.

It's worth remembering just how far the reputation of private equity had fallen.

While private equity has not suffered the embarrassment of the hedge fund industry, which has trailed the market since the start of 2009, the evidence suggests that PE now provides outsize rewards only to its managers.

Shale rock also holds oil, and private equity has been active in backing companies that extract it.

There comes a time when you need cash to grow — for new equipment, more inventory, and other resources to meet increased customer demand — and private equity has some of the deepest pockets.

Gurwitch pointed out that private equity has come a long way since she started Laura Mercier.

Private equity has also jumped into the fray.

CHAMP Private Equity has agreed on a $ 1 billion deal to sell Accolade Wines — the biggest producer of Australian wine and owner of wine labels including Hardys and Grant Burge — to global buyout firm The Carlyle Group.

Private equity has moved from being an exotic asset class for the thought leaders of the investment world to the mainstream.

The Cayman Islands has been a fully committed player during the impressive growth that private equity has experienced over the last decade.

But unlike indebted homeowners, highly leveraged companies under the care of private equity have so far dodged the big bust many have predicted.

«Private equity has thrived on debt.

CHAMP Private Equity has officially dumped plans for a $ 1 billion - plus public float of Australia's second - largest wine company, Accolade Wines, after fresh overtures from potential Chinese buyers and the sharp drop in the British pound following the Brexit vote.

CHAMP pulls plug on Accolade Wines sale, hints at future offload CHAMP Private Equity has confirmed to just - drinks that it has abandoned plans to either sell or float Accolade Wines, adding that it a...

Darwin Private Equity has completed the acquisition of UK organic baby food business Plum Baby for # 10m.

«We will have to see whether private equity has the potential for meeting that extra request,» he said.

And he says that the big automotive retailers, like Auto Nation are just the kind of businesses that private equity would love to get into.

Who would benefit from this book: Anyone wanting to learn about private equity would benefit from this book.

Private equity would also be interested, especially today, but shareholders wouldn't be rewarded enough as private equity would want the upside of the cost cuts and restructuring.

Any leveraged recap plan or selling only a small piece of Yahoo! to private equity would be highway robbery of the shareholders by the board compared to a «cash - rich split.»

Private equity would get taxed off of «phantom income» at a 15 % compounded rate, i.e., a private equity fund with $ 100 million in equity would have to pay taxes on $ 15 million of phantom income, at the fund if 15 % distributions are not made to shareholders.

Hedge funds and private equity have been two sectors of the economy talked about lately in the media and among politicians.

As private equity has finally noticed in the UK, the sector's virtually bullet - proof.

Ethos Private Equity has been around for 25 years and has raised four funds, the latest of which tops US$ 800 - million.

«Where private equity has had more success is by moving down the quality scale,» says Jim Sullivan, managing director of REIT research with Green Street Advisors, a Newport Beach, Calif. - based consulting and advisory firm.

Not exact matches

What has really happened in private equity over those decades is that investors, net of fees, did about 25 % better than the S&P up through the 2005 «vintage» year (denoting funds that first drew capital in 2005).

Telstra's administrative headquarters on Stirling Street has been sold and the new owner, a private equity player from China, plans to redevelop it into a 500 - bed student accommodation facility, the second such proposal for the area.

One could say that private equity funds have, at least in their thirst for assets and their run - of - the - mill returns, begun to resemble grubby, conventional mutual funds.

CNBC: Institutions and the wealthy have long relied on private equity for the potential for stellar returns.

At least one private equity firm, Privateer Holdings, has been established to focus on the «emerging legal cannabis field.»

I've always been uncomfortable with the Panglossian cheerleading that has surrounded private equity.

The problem, according to the plan's critics, is that financial entities such as private - equity, venture capital and hedge funds are all partnerships whose wealthy partners would see substantial tax savings on large portions of their income unless congressional tax writers find a way to exclude them.

Notably, the private equity fund purchased U.S. supermarket chain Save - a-Lot for US$ 1.37 billion, they picked up the science and intellectual property division of Thomson Reuters for $ 3.5 billion, and raised US$ 5.2 billion with Onex Partners V in July.

He also could have turned to private equity companies for funding.

«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.

Accounting firm Crowe Horwath has entered into exclusive takeover talks with a partnership between wealth management group Financial Index Wealth Accountants and private equity firm KKR Asset Management, snubbing rival bidder Anchorage Capital Partners.

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

Women in general have less access than men to capital (including venture and private equity investment and government loans), markets, and networks.

I would far prefer for people to make their own choices about private equity with funds outside of their primary retirement funds.

David Jones has been been approached by a UK investor, believed to be EB Private Equity, with a takeover proposal that reportedly puts an enterprtise value on the retailer of $ 1.65 billion.

«They've begun to create buzz around the brand again,» says Ron Frasch, a former chief merchant at Saks Fifth Avenue, and now a private equity executive.

This is the preferred blockchain of IBM, which has been marshaling clients to try the tech across industries as varied as private equity, banking, government, and healthcare.

Being «self - financed,» as Shannon puts it, the company has no need to explain itself to bankers or private equity partners before opening new stores.

Lured by the prospect of a steal, would - be entrepreneurs have been joined in the bidding by companies interested in expanding through strategic acquisitions and private equity groups like SeaFort seeking solid «old economy» assets.

The firm has been investing under - the - radar in a mix of venture and private equity deals since 2014, but had not raised a large fund of pooled capital for deals until this year.

A new business backed by Quadrant Private Equity and the Perth - based family of Timezone founder Malcolm Steinberg has completed the purchase of Ardent Leisure Group's bowling and entertainment division.

JAB's strategy has not involved massive management restructuring and taking on leverage, as is sometimes the case with private equity buyouts.

Answer and solution: Term Sheet readers are aware that the private equity industry is increasingly facing an inventory problem — viable targets are too expensive, activist shareholders are forcing companies to do PE - style cost - cutting while they're public, and corporate buyers have so much cash they can afford to pay high premiums.

In addition to catapulting EverFi into the ed tech big leagues, the fundraising round marks the debut deal for lead investor Rise, a newly established social impact investing fund managed by TPG Growth, a private equity firm that has also backed Internet hotshots like Uber and Airbnb.