Private Equity Funds stories:
RailAmerica falls 3.2 percent in debut
Oct 13th, 2009 - Reuters
NEW YORK (Reuters) - RailAmerica Inc (RA.N), which owns and operates short line and regional freight railroads in North America, fell 3.2 percent in its debut on the New York Stock Exchange on Tuesday following its $330 million IPO.
RailAmerica set for IPO next week
Oct 9th, 2009 - Boston
NEW YORK—RailAmerica Inc. is set to go public next week, potentially giving private-equity funds a payday, while the short-line railroad operator pays down debt and grows its business. The Jacksonville...
Ruling Deals Setback to Tierney's Plan for Philadelphia Papers
Oct 9th, 2009 - New York Times
Matt Rourke/Associated Press The Inquirer building.
A bankruptcy judge's ruling has dealt a serious setback to the bid by Brian P. Tierney and his allies to keep control of the Philadelphia Inquirer and the Daily News...Ex-Party Boss, Fund Manager Plead Guilty to NY Kickbacks
Oct 6th, 2009 - ABC News
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The former head of New York's Liberal Party and a founding partner of Aldus Equity have plead guilty to taking part in a kickback scheme that corrupted how the state pension fund chose investment managers...
SEC sues consulting firm for Los Angeles pension agency
Apr 30th, 2009 - Los Angeles Times
Reporting from Sacramento, Los Angeles and New York -- A multimillion-dollar pension-kickback scandal widened further Thursday as a consulting firm for a Los Angeles city...
Private Equity Funds videos from YouTube:
2:31Unions and the Power of Private Equity Funds in Japan
The influence of private equity investment funds is having profoundly negative effects upon workers and trade unions. In Japan, the IUF-affiliated Service Tourism Rengo was confronted with an investment firm which refused to accept ...
8:50Bain & Company's Sri Rajan: The Value of Private Equity
In the wake of the US financial crisis, valuations of Indian firms have tumbled -- something which the private equity industry has been careful to note, according to Sri Rajan, partner and head of Bain & Company's private equity practice in India ...
7:58Private equity fund helps KSS achieve turnaround
An exclusive interview with the President & CEO of Key Safety Systems, Inc. The private equity fund normally provides the fresh capital for the company to grow, provide the right management skill to help the company to turnaround.
9:23Private Equity and Hedge Fund Impact on Financial Crisis: Paulson, Cox and Bernanke
If the US financial system is to regain its health, immediate action must be taken to force hedge funds and private equity to be registered with the SEC. Accountability must be restored.
Private Equity Funds from WikiPedia:
Private equity fund is a pooled investment vehicle used for making investments in various equity (and to a lesser extent debt) securities according to one of the investment strategies associated with private equity. Private equity funds are typically limited partnerships with a fixed term of 10 years (often with annual extensions). At inception, institutional investors make an unfunded commitment to the limited partnership, which is then drawn over the term of the fund.
A private equity fund is raised and managed by investment professionals of a specific private equity firm (the general partner and investment advisor). Typically, a single private equity firm will manage a series of distinct private equity funds and will attempt to raise a new fund every 3 to 5 years as the previous fund is fully invested.
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