Archive for the 'Private Equity' Category
J c flowers private equity firm
(FT Alphaville) Lehman Brothers is holding exploratory talks with a variety of private-equity and strategic bidders about selling all or part of its asset management arm, Neuberger Berman, according to people familiar with the matter.
Lehman “has to fill the void and the way to do that is establish what their options are”, says a senior [...]
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Issues to consider private equity
In this installment of 10 Questions for . . . , Associate Editor Kimberly Janeway interviews Barb Schwarz, staging guru and CEO of Stagedhomes.com. Schwarz explains staging and how it helps to sell houses.
Who coined the phrase “home staging?”I invented the industry 36 years ago. I had an interior design business and then went [...]
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Irs tax blackstone group private equity
Some interesting “positive” posts below:
Via Brendan Winans:
For those of us who don’t feel the need to preach “Doom and Gloom” to justify a lack of business, here are some articles about the positive signs in the market.
Recent Quotes about the Positive Signs in the Real Estate Market:
NAR’s Pending Home Sales Index Rises in June
Some improvement is projected [...]
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Ireland vacancies private equity
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Investment returns from private equity uk
DBS launches special interest-only mortgageDBS Bank has launched a new mortgage product allowing customers to take advantage of cheap borrowing costs. The bank is offering customers the option of paying only the interest for the entire duration of their home loan. They pay the principal amount in a lump sum only at the end of [...]
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Investee activism private equity
As the highly satisfied owner of a gaggle of bombed out real estate funds – Capital &Regional, Primary Health Property and TR Property IT – I can’t say I’m terrifically surprised by the emergence of the shareholder activists (Terra Catalyst and London & Stamford) in the sector. I’m not always convinced by the altruistic arguments [...]
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Institutional pharmacy and private equity
Airline industry woes threaten O’Hare expansion - San Diego Union-Tribune
CHICAGO Soaring gas prices have claimed plenty of victims from SUV sales to stock market portfolios. They now threaten to claim another: the expansion of one of the world’s busiest airports. Chicago wants to complete the expansion of O’Hare …
Drug dealers turn Wash. vineyards [...]
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Institutional investors private equity
As LPs look to sell-off certain interests in private equity funds as tougher times force them to rethink strategy, the sales of limited partnerships in private equity funds is expected to grow by 20% to a record $18bn this year, according to NYPPEX. This is in line with the overall growth being experienced by [...]
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Institional investors private equity money mangers
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Infrastruture private equity funds
At a time the global economy is slowing and investors are shying away from equity markets, the Indian infrastructure sector contines to attract global equity funds. India-specific infrastructure funds worth over Rs 30,000 crore are in various stages of being raised.
Important among them include a Rs 12,000-crore fund from ICICI ventures, a Rs 8,000-crore fund [...]
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