Private Equity
Bonus Watch ’23: Your Bonus Is Keeping Your Job
A half-size bonus is arguably preferable to a pink slip. Arguably.
Thing That Was Never Going To Happen Is Not Going To Happen
The carried-interest loophole lives! The Democrats’ climate-tax compromise maybe not so much.
Forbes Hopes Someone Is Still As Desperate, Delusional As A SPAC
Luckily for the magazine, at least someone probably is.
Bill Ackman Takes Bold Position That He Should Pay More In Taxes
The people’s hedge-fund manager has had it with the carried-interest loophole.
We Regret To Inform You There’s Another Deal To Put And End To The Carried Interest Loophole
And regret even more to acknowledge it’s got about as much chance as every other bid to kill it.
Biotech IPO Freeze Continues As Second Quarter Is Slowest In More Than A Decade
Summer weather is heating up but the market for IPOs remains cold.
Self-Employed? Weird Credit Profile? Unconcerned By Soaring Inflation And Mortgage Rates? Venkat Would Like To Get You Into A Nice New Semi-Detached
Where others flee, Barclays boldly doubles down.
Pension Funds More Than Happy To Spend A Few Basis Points To Know A Bit More About Their Hedge, Private Equity Funds
And for all of their much-vaunted power, it seems they’ll need the SEC’s help to do so.
Congresswoman Curious Why Only The Saudis Want To Invest With Jared Kushner
‘Cuz it certainly can’t be due to his nonexistent investing prowess.
$15 Million Escrow Account Enough To Make $410 Million Fraud Allegations Go Away
There may be less than meets the eye in the SEC’s case against p.e. firm StraightPath Venture Partners.
Private Equity Is Kinda, Sorta A Bit Of A Light Ponzi Scheme
Self-dealing may be good business, but it also may be unsustainable.
Bonus Watch ’22: You Didn’t Spend All Of Your 2021 Windfall Already, Did You?
Because this years’ is gonna be a lot more modest, and feel even more so.
Firm Founded By Friend Of Sex Criminal Wants To Help Leader Of Alleged Discriminatory Companies Buy Another Company
Apollo Global Management has the money Elon Musk needs to buy Twitter.
Leon Black, Ex-Mistress Pretty Sure These Tawdry Lawsuits Are Going The Full 12 Rounds
In the first, there were no takers on even an inkling of a settlement.
Just Call Him Private Equity Paul Singer
The Elliott Management chief has a new way of getting his way.
Have You Considered A Job In Private Equity?
Because you definitely should.
SEC To Reduce The Number Of Things Private Equity Firms Can Lie About
And also, you know, try to reduce the number of times they lie in other respects.
Investors Might As Well Not Even Read The Stuff Private Equity Funds Send Them
Lies, damned lies and p.e. disclosures.
Leon Black Blames Guy Who Didn’t Maintain Decades-Long Relationship With Notorious Sex Criminal For Trashing His Reputation
Nor has anyone accused Josh Harris of sexually assaulting anyone, but no matter.
Activist Investing Basically Insider Trading, Sayeth Gary Gensler
He’s got a lot of plans for the hedge fund industry, and it’s not going to like them.
Ray Dalio Manages Best Return In Years, New Scheme To Pretend He’s Not In Charge Again All In Same Month
For his part, David Shaw just kicked back and enjoyed the fruits of a successful transition in style.
Hertz Now The Only Thing Willing To Buy Hertz Shares
Turns out when you’re not calling yourself worthless, no one else is interested.
At Least One Good Thing Came Out Of Theranos
Relieving the DeVos family and Rupert Murdoch of a combined $225 million may not do much to balance the scales, but it’s something.
Take The Deal
A public service announcement for the remaining Operation Varsity Blues parents.