CAPITAL WATCH 2005-10-01 Staff Writer <strong>FUNDS IN MARKET/COMING TO MARKET</strong><br /> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td><strong>FUND</strong></td> <td><strong>FIRM</strong></td>
As opportunity funds get bigger and bigger - and their targets more diverse - how enticing will club deals become?
Things change 2005-10-01 Staff Writer Creative destruction works well for people with a fund. The forces that allow a business to thrive off change are capital and talent and, at least in theory, a fund should be the purest repository of these resources.<br /> <br /> This, the October issue of
Things change 2005-10-01 Staff Writer Creative destruction works well for people with a fund. The forces that allow a business to thrive off change are capital and talent and, at least in theory, a fund should be the purest repository of these resources.<br /> <br /> This, the October issue of
Adam Blumenthal and Josh Wolf-Powers, former investment professionals for the Comptroller of the City of New York, have left the pension advisor to launch an independent private equity firm that will focus on ‘complex situations’.
Private investment firm Oaktree Capital Management has acquired an ownership stake in two Las Vegas casinos.
The midmarket firm has sold budget French hotel chain B&B Hotel to listed private equity firm Eurazeo.
International private equity firm The Carlyle Group is adding personnel to its US venture capital and growth capital teams.
LBO France has entered into exclusive talks to acquire the French clay tile manufacturer from the private equity consortium.
Scandals & celebrities 2005-09-01 Staff Writer There are few buildings connected to a single event in the way The Watergate is connected to the scandal that eventually brought about the resignation of President Richard Nixon. Still, the Watergate complex, which includes a hotel, shopping center, apartmen