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The Margin Whisper
Nov 12, 2008, 1:17pm
Posted by Equity Private
Private Equity, and leveraged buyouts in particular, has managed to stay quite decidedly under the radar for much of the credit crisis. This despite being, by definition, highly dependent on consistent, if not entirely favorable, interest rate environments, regarded as...
Called The PE Top Or Late To The Game
Nov 06, 2008, 10:57am
Posted by Equity Private
Lots of us speculated at the time that Blackstone's IPO was rather talented timing. Others claimed the IPO of a LBO firm was a bit of tricky hypocrisy. (If public markets are so awful, why are you gleefully availing yourself...
Silver (Lake) Lining?
Oct 07, 2008, 8:19am
Posted by Equity Private
The scalding pain of Monday's liquid(ity) brutality is fresh in the mind. Sure, Buffett is there to remind us that it is actually possible to buy (and not just "hold" since short-sellers are still shackled to each other in a...
WASPs Offended By Steve Schwarzman's Gaucherie, Jewy-ness
May 20, 2008, 11:00am
Posted by Bess Levin
As you know, Blackstone CEO Steve Schwarzman recently donated $100 million to the New York Public Library and as a gesture of thanks, the institution is renaming the place after him. And that's making some people very angry, or as...
The Riceman Cometh
May 02, 2008, 1:59pm
Posted by Bess Levin
As you all know, Equity Private's tenure with us here at DealBreaker is drawing to a close, pending the triumphant* return of John Carney this Monday. We begged her to stay, because she irritates the commenters better than anyone we...
Taking Private, Public
Apr 29, 2008, 10:33am
Posted by Equity Private
What do you do when your private equity returns are dwindling because you have billions of idle cash sitting around and no deals to invest in? Invest in public equities, of course. Well, "of course," is sort of strong, particularly...
Caption Contest Tuesday: “Where's the Ladder for the Books on the Big People Shelves?”
Mar 11, 2008, 11:58am
Posted by Bess Levin
Steve Schwarzman, 5’6”, who donated $100 million of his own money to a $1 billion expansion of the New York Public Library system, nervously smiles from the inside of the West 115th Street branch. Terrified that any second, they’re...
