Sentences with phrase «private equity interest»

The private equity interest in the Vintage Cellars business comes just weeks after US - based giant Kohlberg Kravis Roberts launched a $ 3.05 billion proposal to buy out the struggling Treasury Wine Estates.

CASPERSEN and Park Hill Group were working on behalf of Firm - 1 to solicit investors for the loan, but, at some point after Firm - 1 agreed to take the loan, it transpired that Firm - 1 did not need the loan in order to purchase the secondary private equity interests.

Since then, he has served as general and deputy general counsel, CCO, corporate secretary, and senior international counsel for companies in diverse industries, both public and private, often involving private equity interests and complex financing arrangements.

Not exact matches

While banking and private equity «feel» the shifts of unemployment rates, interest rates, and fiscal uncertainty, the best investors and entrepreneurs, he says, are «immune» to these factors.

But just like banks, private equity will take a hit on the lowering of interest deductions.

• Mednax, a U.S. healthcare network operator targeted by Elliott Management, is facing acquisition interest from several private equity firms, according to people familiar with the matter interviewed by Reuters.

For example, China Huadian Corporation could soon purchase private equity firm Terra Firma's wind farm interests for around US$ 500 million.

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.

Private equity returns remained strong but were lower than the prior year quarter, while income from our fixed income investment portfolio increased due to a higher average level of fixed maturity investments and higher short - term interest rates.

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.

According to a statement, the event aims to benefit and be of interest to audiences composed of institutional investors, fund managers, and other regional players in hedge funds and private equity / venture capital space, with a view to advance the region's investment industry.

«Private - equity investors typically invest in minority - interest positions,» says Shattan.

The bankers spent three months wooing the firms in their database with details about Accurate's financials and found serious interest from 12 private equity groups, all of them far larger than Evolution.

Under Volcker, U.S. banks are generally forbidden from owning stakes in hedge funds and private equity funds, since ownership interests could allow them to indirectly participate in proprietary trading.

Jack is a serial entrepreneur with interests ranging from Fintech to private equity.

The GOP's proposed tax plan keeps the so - called carried - interest loophole that benefits managers of hedge funds and private equity funds.

«In soliciting investments in the Fake Funds, CASPERSEN made the following false representations to investors, among others: in recognition for his prior work with Park Hill Group, CASPERSEN had been offered a «friends and family» investment allocation in a security that was allegedly offered by a private equity firm; CASPERSEN was personally investing in the security, and offering it to his family and a limited number of friends; the investment was a credit facility secured by a portfolio of assets owned by one of the Legitimate Funds; the investor would receive quarterly interest payments, ranging from 15 to 20 percent; the investment was practically risk - free, as the loaned funds would remain in a bank account; the investor could withdraw the principal at any time with 90 days» notice; and investor funds should be wired to one of the Fake Fund Accounts.

Aside from Google, Time and private - equity funds Bain and TPG remain interested in making a bid, according to the report.

The report, which cites an unnamed source, said the private equity groups are interested in all of HPE, not just individual business units, like the IT services business group that was spun off and merged with Computer Sciences in May.

The Wall Street Journal, citing anonymous sources, reported on Tuesday that Hunt Valley, Maryland - based telecom Sinclair Broadcast Group has expressed an interest in buying the weather - focused television network from an ownership group that includes private equity firms Bain Capital and Blackstone Group, as well as Comcast's NBCUniversal.

Private equity firms could be interested in all or parts of Micro Focus and some buyout firms have crunched the numbers and spoken...

The Street reports several private equity buyers have expressed interest in a deal that would value the company at around $ 2.5 billion.

That's most likely why, according to a US Trust survey, millennials are more interested in «sophisticated» assets like structured products, venture capital, and private equity.

They said it was too risky, but then they introduced me to their private equity subsidiary and also to Sam Belzberg, and they cobbled together the $ 10 million and lent it to us at 14 % interest.

Top tech investor Paul Meeks told «Squawk Box» on Wednesday, that might be in the form of an offer from private equity, since he doesn't see obvious candidates — other technology companies like Microsoft or Alibaba — as interested.

Now, activist investor Jana Partners is aggravating for Whole Foods to sell, sparking speculation that private equity firms may be interested in the asset.

Others that are said to be interested include CVC Capital Partners, a private - equity fund that was spun off from financial giant Citicorp in the 1990s.

Through the third quarter of 2015, 63 percent of donations to investment giant Fidelity Investments» Fidelity Charitable were appreciated assets, which include publicly traded securities and non-publicly traded assets, such as private - equity interests, private business shares and real estate.

A person familiar with the matter said WPP, owner of ad agencies JWT and Ogilvy & Mather, had been contacted by one private equity group and a venture capital firm expressing interest in the Kantar business if WPP ever decides to sell.

One interesting source of statistics is a new Web site, www.privateraise.com, that tracks all kinds of deals in the capital marketplace, including the PIPEs (private investments in public equities) that attract funds that otherwise might have gone to private companies like HealthHelp.

Comment: Allison took out substantial debt as part of a private equity purchase in March that left it with $ 218.2 million in interest expense this year, according to Investopedia.

This is interesting as more and more private equity firms have increased their scrutiny of public & private companies they invest in or might invest in to decrease their exposure to areas that could bring controversy.

There, he translated Yale chief investment officer David Swensen's book, Pioneering Portfolio Management, which Zhang credits for cementing his interest in private equity investment management, particularly for emerging markets.

Two private equity groups also have expressed interest in the Auburn Hills - based Chrysler Group.

The story also reminds us that Verizon (VZ) and private - equity firm TPG Capital have demonstrated interest in parts or all of the company.

It is owned by Roark Capital Group, an Atlanta - based private equity group that has interests in a number of food and service brands including Arby's, Cinnabon, McAlister's Deli and Wingstop.

Barclays Capital was hired last year to conduct a sale of a minority interest in the company, including all or a portion of Chris's shares (the bidding was code - named «Project Amethyst»), and various private - equity and strategic firms have considered buying them.

The industry itself is in an interesting spot; the growth in publicly traded restaurant names the past several years, which led to a glut of sorts, has been supplanted by a rash of acquisitions, many of them private equity.

He also shed his interests in funds run by the private equity giant Blackstone Group — whose chief executive, Stephen A. Schwarzman, is an economic adviser to Mr. Trump — as well as BlackRock, the world's largest asset manager.

Blue Wolf Capital Partners LLC is a private equity firm that works with portfolio companies with a goal of enhancing value and keeping stakeholders» interests aligned.

According to the GAO, there are over 485,000 IRAs, worth approximately $ 49.7 billion, invested in unconventional assets, such as energy investments, equipment leasing, foreign - based assets, farming interests, precious metals, private equity, promissory notes (both secured and unsecured), real estate, and tax liens, as well as virtual currency.

An investment in a limited partner interest in a private equity fund is more illiquid and the returns on such investment may be more volatile than an investment in securities for which there is a more active and transparent market.

My sense is that it is still mainly defined benefit pension plans that are interested in hedge funds and private equity, which are the focus of the Intel case.

With enough equity, you may be able to refinance into a loan at a lower interest rate or drop your private mortgage insurance.

In addition, McKinsey & Company estimates that between 3 - 4 % of the limited partnership interests in the private equity and venture capital business trade on an annual basis, or approximately $ 1.2 B. Combining both of these figures, the secondary market for both LP and direct venture capital investments amounted to more than $ 2.45 B and represented 8 % of all venture investments in the industry.

In addition, proposed US tax reform could result in the elimination of certain interest expense deductions, which could dampen private equity activity.

Mr. Brooke helped define private equity as an asset class throughout his career, and was one of the key individuals responsible for building interest in private equity on an international scale, particularly in Europe, Asia, and Latin America.

Over the last several years, private equity and other investment managers have been compensated with «carried interest,» which allow them to claim long - term gains rather than salaries.

In Powell, he'll select a former private - equity executive who favors continuing gradual interest - rate increases and sympathizes with White House calls to ease financial regulations.

Given the absence of a public trading market of our common stock, and in accordance with the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Accounting and Valuation Guide, Valuation of Privately - Held Company Equity Securities Issued as Compensation, our board of directors exercised reasonable judgment and considered numerous and subjective factors to determine the best estimate of fair value of our common stock, including independent third - party valuations of our common stock; the prices at which we sold shares of our convertible preferred stock to outside investors in arms - length transactions; the rights, preferences, and privileges of our convertible preferred stock relative to those of our common stock; our operating results, financial position, and capital resources; current business conditions and projections; the lack of marketability of our common stock; the hiring of key personnel and the experience of our management; the introduction of new products; our stage of development and material risks related to our business; the fact that the option grants involve illiquid securities in a private company; the likelihood of achieving a liquidity event, such as an initial public offering or a sale of our company given the prevailing market conditions and the nature and history of our business; industry trends and competitive environment; trends in consumer spending, including consumer confidence; and overall economic indicators, including gross domestic product, employment, inflation and interest rates, and the general economic outlook.