- Carlyle Adds Energy Deal Makers for Global Investments @ Bloomberg - 31 minutes ago
Carlyle Group LP, the second-biggest private-equity firm by assets, hired six energy executives led by Petroplus Holdings AG founder Marcel van Poecke to invest in energy assets outside North America.
- Hedge fund Centaurus to return cash, shut Asia office - source @ Reuters - 36 minutes ago
By Nishant Kumar and Tommy Wilkes HONG KONG/LONDON (Reuters) - Hedge fund firm Centaurus Capital is returning external investors all of their money after clashes with them over where the best money-making ...
- UPDATE 1-Och-Ziff Q1 profit lifted by strong incentive income @ Reuters - 1 hour 19 minutes ago
May 2 (Reuters) - Och-Ziff Capital Management Group LLC said its quarterly profit more than doubled and easily beat estimates as it earned much higher fees from more investors putting new money into its ...
- Kion Targets IPO for 2013 as KKR, Goldman Sachs Monitor Markets @ Bloomberg - 1 hour 38 minutes ago
Kion Group GmbH said it’s considering an initial public offering this year, the first time the world’s second-largest maker of forklifts publicly confirmed plans to list in 2013.
- Och-Ziff quarterly profit lifted by strong incentive income @ Reuters - 1 hour 44 minutes ago
May 2 (Reuters) - Och-Ziff Capital Management Group LLC said its quarterly profit more than doubled and easily beat Wall Street's forecasts because it earned much higher fees as more investors, and one ...
- Germany's Kion considering IPO in 2013 @ Reuters - 2 hours 8 minutes ago
FRANKFURT, May 2 (Reuters) - Germany's Kion Group the world's No.2 fork lift truck maker, said it may seek to float shares on the stock exchange this year. "I can confirm that KION GROUP is considering ...
- Fortress First-Quarter Profit Rises 75% on Fee Income @ Bloomberg - 2 hours 17 minutes ago
Fortress Investment Group LLC, the first publicly traded private-equity and hedge-fund manager in the U.S., said first-quarter profit rose 75 percent because of higher fees paid to the firm for managing ...
- UPDATE 1-Hedge fund Centaurus to return cash, shut Asia office-source @ Reuters - 2 hours 39 minutes ago
By Nishant Kumar and Tommy Wilkes HONG KONG/LONDON, May 2 (Reuters) - Hedge fund firm Centaurus Capital is returning external investors all of their money after clashes with them over where the best money-making ...
- Private equity group Carlyle hires energy investment team @ Reuters - 3 hours ago
LONDON (Reuters) - The Carlyle Group has hired a six person energy investment team, the private equity firm said on Thursday, as it looks to take advantage of predicted growth in global demand. Carlyle ...
- JP Morgan, Greenhill advising GSK on sale of soft drinks brands @ Reuters - 4 hours ago
LONDON, May 2 (Reuters) - JP Morgan and Greenhill have been appointed to advise GlaxoSmithKline on the sale of its soft drinks brands Lucozade and Ribena, which analysts believe will fetch more than 1 ...
- Advisory firm recommends Hess shareholders elect new board members @ Reuters - 9 hours ago
May 2 (Reuters) - Proxy advisory firm Glass Lewis told Hess Corp's shareholders late on Tuesday they should vote to elect five new board members nominated by activist hedge fund Elliot Management. Hess ...
- UPDATE 2-Cerberus raises $2.61 billion private equity fund -sources @ Reuters - 10 hours ago
* Cerberus has raised over $11 bln over the last two years * First completed PE fundraising since plans for Freedom sale * Cerberus partners may bid for gunmaker Freedom By Greg Roumeliotis NEW YORK, May ...
- UPDATE 1-Cerberus raises $2.61 billion private equity fund -sources @ Reuters - 12 hours ago
NEW YORK, May 1 (Reuters) - Cerberus Capital Management LP has completed fundraising for its latest flagship private equity fund, raising $2.61 billion to invest in distressed assets, two people familiar ...
- Cerberus raises $2.61 billion private equity fund: sources @ Reuters - 13 hours ago
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Cerberus Capital Management LP has completed fundraising for its latest flagship private equity fund, raising $2.61 billion to invest in distressed assets, two people familiar with ...
- [video] Mad Money, May 1, 2013 @ CNBC - 15 hours ago
Mad Money host and former hedge fund manager, Jim Cramer, provides stock traders with all manner of investing advice.
- Who's Going to Have Tiffany's for Breakfast? @ Motley Fool - 16 hours ago
The speculation of Tiffany as a takeover target remains alive, but the stock is worth owning regardless.
- BUYOUTS-New venture aims at $100 bln 'zombie' fund market @ Reuters - 17 hours ago
* Kirchner Group, Crestline Investors in joint venture * Team up to buy troubled private equity assets * W.B. (Bud) Kirchner to lead new business line By Steve Gelsi NEW YORK, May 1 (Reuters-BUYOUTS) - ...
- Blackstone Fattens As Stocks, Real Estate Recover @ Investor's Business Daily - 18 hours ago
Blackstone Fattens As Stocks, Real Estate Recover
- McGraw-Hill Makes Name Change Official @ Fox Business - 20 hours ago
The S&P parent said its shareholders approved the companys name change to McGraw Hill Financial. On May 14, its stock symbol will become MHFI.
- 5 dividend stocks picked by Joel Greenblatt @ MarketWatch - 22 hours ago
Here are stocks that Greenblatt's Gotham Asset Management reported owning in his filing for the beginning of January. Each stock pays a yield of 3% or higher.
- Ken Griffin is bullish about Halcon Resources @ MarketWatch - 22 hours ago
Citadel Investment Group, a large hedge fund managed by billionaire Ken Griffin, now owns over 18 million shares of Halcon Resources, an oil and gas exploration and production company.
- Apollo Said to Near $5 Billion Closing for Buyout Fund @ Bloomberg - 22 hours ago
Apollo Global Management LLC, the private-equity firm run by Leon Black, is close to securing at least $5 billion for its latest flagship fund, according to two people with knowledge of the matter.
- KKR Financial's 1Q earnings rise 4 percent AP - 22 hours ago
Specialty finance company KKR Financial Holdings LLC said Wednesday that its first-quarter net income rose 4 percent as its costs and expenses fell sharply. The San Francisco-based KKR reported earnings ...
- $6 Billion Hedge Fund Bullish on Hillshire Brands and These Little Guys @ Motley Fool - Wed, May 1, 2013 9:22 AM EDT
$6B Hedge Fund Bullish on Hillshire Brands and These Little Guys
- You’ve never heard of one of the best-performing hedge funds in the world Quartz - Wed, May 1, 2013 7:00 AM EDT
Norway is not what you would call a hotbed for hedge funds. Due to restrictive regulatory requirements and an almost uniformly long-only focused investor-community, there are only a handful of hedge funds ...
- RPT-Market Chatter-Corporate finance press digest @ Reuters - Wed, May 1, 2013 1:56 AM EDT
May 1 (Reuters) - The following corporate finance-related stories were reported by media on Wednesday: * Canadian coffee-and-doughnut chain Tim Hortons Inc has come under pressure from hedge fund Highfields ...
- [$$] Herbalife Dropped Buyback Plan After KPMG Quit @ The Wall Street Journal - Wed, May 1, 2013 12:46 AM EDT
Herbalife Dropped Buyback Plan After KPMG Quit
- Market Chatter-Corporate finance press digest @ Reuters - Wed, May 1, 2013 12:31 AM EDT
May 1 (Reuters) - The following corporate finance-related stories were reported by media on Wednesday: * Canadian coffee-and-doughnut chain Tim Hortons Inc has come under pressure from hedge fund Highfields ...
- Hedge Fund Blue Mountain Capital Buys up 5.6% of Tech Company @ Motley Fool - Tue, Apr 30, 2013 11:18 PM EDT
Blue Mountain Capital Management, a hedge fund managed by Andrew Feldstein and Stephen Siderow with $5 billion in assets under management, has reported a position of 3.6 million shares in Lexmark (NYSE: ...
- Exclusive: Bain, Golden Gate in the lead to buy BMC Software - sources Reuters - Tue, Apr 30, 2013 10:09 PM EDT
By Greg Roumeliotis and Soyoung Kim NEW YORK (Reuters) - A private equity group made up of Bain Capital LLC and Golden Gate Capital Corp has emerged as the lead contender to buy BMC Software Inc (BMC.O) ...
- Expert network firm hires Texas-based SEC lawyer Reuters - Tue, Apr 30, 2013 6:49 PM EDT
Gerson Lehrman Group, the country's largest expert network firm, has hired a Securities and Exchange Commission enforcement attorney to serve as its chief compliance counsel, the company confirmed on Tuesday. ...
- [video] Mad Money, April 30, 2013 @ CNBC - Tue, Apr 30, 2013 6:00 PM EDT
Mad Money host and former hedge fund manager, Jim Cramer, provides stock traders with all manner of investing advice.
- KKR Said to Discuss Hiring Former CIA Director Petraeus @ Bloomberg - Tue, Apr 30, 2013 5:25 PM EDT
KKR & Co., the private-equity firm run by Henry Kravis and George Roberts, is in discussions with former Central Intelligence Agency Director David Petraeus about a role at the company, according to a ...
- 3 Stocks Hedge Funds Love @ Motley Fool - Tue, Apr 30, 2013 5:24 PM EDT
Ever wonder what companies are in vogue with the world's most secretive investors? Here are three.
- Apple's Debt Buy Is 'Smart': Blackstone's Schwarzman @ CNBC - Tue, Apr 30, 2013 5:02 PM EDT
"Apple of course has huge amounts of cash, but by the same token the cost of borrowing now is so unbelievably low that issuing long-term bonds ... is actually a very smart thing," Schwarzman ...
- Report: Ex-CIA Chief Petraeus in Talks to Join Private-Equity Firm KKR @ Fox Business - Tue, Apr 30, 2013 4:40 PM EDT
The former CIA director is reportedly in talks with KKR about joining the private-equity firm.
- UPDATE 1-Sturm Ruger looking at Freedom Group but deal unlikely: CEO @ Reuters - Tue, Apr 30, 2013 4:17 PM EDT
* Deal could be "grossly overpriced" : CEO * Freedom Group owned by PE firm Cerberus Capital * Cerberus under pressure to sell Freedom after Newtown shooting April 30 (Reuters) - Gunmaker Sturm ...
- Herbalife Raises Annual Forecast Amid Ackman-Icahn Spat @ Bloomberg - Tue, Apr 30, 2013 4:17 PM EDT
Herbalife Ltd., the nutrition company at the center of a battle between hedge-fund managers Bill Ackman and Carl Icahn, raised its 2013 earnings forecast as first-quarter profit topped analysts’ estimates....
- 5 dividend stocks picked by Levin Capital @ MarketWatch - Tue, Apr 30, 2013 4:09 PM EDT
Here are stocks that John Levin's Levin Capital Strategies reported owning at the beginning of January.
- Hedge fund Criterion Capital's small cap picks @ MarketWatch - Tue, Apr 30, 2013 4:06 PM EDT
Here are five small cap stocks Christopher Lord's Criterion Capital owned at the beginning of January.
- Blackstone Holdings' Plan to Hire 50,000 Veterans @ Bloomberg - Tue, Apr 30, 2013 3:26 PM EDT
April 30 (Bloomberg) -- Stephen Schwarzman, chief executive officer of Blackstone Group LP, talks about the hiring plans of the company's holdings and investment strategy, the Obama administration's labor ...
- Apollo's Leon Black: Financing Market as Good as We Have Ever Seen @ The Wall Street Journal - Tue, Apr 30, 2013 2:35 PM EDT
Apollo's Leon Black: Financing Market as Good as We Have Ever Seen
- Paulson, Hedge Funds Leading Push to Take Fannie Private: Bloomberg @ Barrons.com - Tue, Apr 30, 2013 2:16 PM EDT
Paulson, Hedge Funds Leading Push to Take Fannie Private: Bloomberg
- Protected Principal Retirement Strategy: Hedge 'Hogs' @ Seeking Alpha - Tue, Apr 30, 2013 1:39 PM EDT
Protected Principal Retirement Strategy: Hedge 'Hogs'
- [$$] Herbalife Dropped Plans for Debt Offering After KPMG Quit @ The Wall Street Journal - Tue, Apr 30, 2013 1:17 PM EDT
Herbalife Dropped Plans for Debt Offering After KPMG Quit
- [video] Pro: Why Fund Managers Will Need to Buy Apple @ CNBC - Tue, Apr 30, 2013 1:07 PM EDT
Mark Dow, former hedge fund manager and editor of the Behavioral Macro Blog, explains why fund managers will need to buy Apple, with CNBC's Jackie DeAngelis and the Futures Now Traders.
- Wall Street analysts: Accuracy is the least of their concerns @ Fortune - Tue, Apr 30, 2013 12:47 PM EDT
What they care most about, a survey of 365 sell-side analysts found, are hedge funds.
- Paulson Leads Hedge-Fund Lobby Push to Privatize Fannie @ Bloomberg - Tue, Apr 30, 2013 12:11 PM EDT
Hedge funds including Paulson & Co. Inc. are pushing Congress to abandon plans to liquidate Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac as investors buy up preferred stock that has long been considered worthless, according ...
- CEOs of Public Companies Are Paid Peanuts Compared to Hedge Fund Managers @ Minyanville - Tue, Apr 30, 2013 12:05 PM EDT
CEOs are intensely scrutinized for what they make, while hedge fund managers fly under the radar and earn much, much more.
- Cash Dividend On The Way From KKR @ Forbes - Tue, Apr 30, 2013 11:27 AM EDT
Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel, on 5/2/13, KKR & Company Limited Partnership (NYSE: KKR) will trade ex-dividend, for its quarterly dividend of $0.27, payable on 5/21/13. As a percentage of KKR's recent stock price of $21.01, this dividend works out to approximately 1.29%, so [...]