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Dell buyout could mean more debt, junk ratingAs talks have advanced to take Dell Inc private, analysts say the computer giant will have to take on billions of dollars more in debt - an...- Big leveraged buyouts, set to deliver big returnsSome of the companies now weighing stock offerings were once left for dead. They are now set to deliver as much as three-fold returns for o...
- LBO firms leave backers in lurch in secondary buyoutsSecondaries accounted for a record 46% of all leveraged buyouts in Europe by value this year, according to London-based research firm Preqi...
- PE-backed IPOs in US leave buyers with worst 2010 returnsThe failure of buyers to profit from share sales may hamper PE firms as they try to offload some of the $2 trillion in leveraged buyouts.
- Warburg raises $15 bn for largest fundWarburg Pincus, the private equity firm that bought a stake in unprofitable insurer MBIA, raised $15 billion for its biggest fund just as c...
- RBS plans fund to transfer loan-risk lossesRoyal Bank of Scotland Group, the UK’s second-biggest lender, plans to start a fund to transfer the risk of losses from e1.5 billion ($2.3 ...
- Buffett model wins the dayCredit-market gridlock has trapped Stephen Schwarzman, who relies on lenders to fund acquisitions, while leaving Warren Buffett free to pur...
- Blackstone profit drops 89% on lower fees, writedownBlackstone Group LP, manager of the world’s largest leveraged-buyout fund, said fourth-quarter profit fell 89% on lower takeover fees and t...
- Wall St sees 20% M&A slump as credit costs riseEven Goldman Sachs, the world’s leading takeover advisor since 2001, is prepared for a decline in mergers and acquisitions income next year...
- Hedge funds see more credit slumpThe worldwide slump in credit markets is likely to last for at least another year, triggering a reduction in leveraged buyouts.
- Buyouts in Asia to cut downBuyout firms such as Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co may have to wait until the second half of next year to fund acquisitions bigger than $4 b...
- Financing woes dim 'golden era'The ‘golden era’ for leveraged buyouts proclaimed by Henry Kravis two months ago is losing its lustre. Kravis, co-founder of New York-based...
- SunGard takes lead with specialised applicationsIt is not easy being an American IT services company today. Indian companies are eating their lunch and dinner with cheap manpower and expe...
- Pastorini-led group may bid for gold fieldsUS financier Edward Pastorini may lead a bid for Gold Fields, the world’s fourth-largest gold producer, to tap the rising price of bullion....
- Bond street’s fearing a new nemesis: LBOsThe world’s biggest bondholders are determined to make an example of Henry Kravis. Pacific Investment Management and Advantus Capital Manag...
- Bondholders suffer as buyout firms gorge on dividendsAfter Weetabix, the maker of Britain’s best-selling breakfast cereal, fired 7% of its workers and cancelled the employee bus service to fre...
- LBO, the smart way to acquire a co double your sizeB-School students who graduated in the mid ‘80s got a taste of the country’s first leveraged buyout (or LBO) from clippings of business new...
- Leveraged buys gain momentumLeveraged acquisitions will occupy centre-stage as India, Inc.’s global buyout appetite goes into overdrive.
- Leveraged buys gain momentumLeveraged acquisitions will occupy centre-stage as India, Inc.’s global buyout appetite goes into overdrive.
- KKR to arrange $8bn for record leveraged dealKohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR), theworld’s biggest buyout firm, may saddle French yellow-pages publisher PagesJaunes with the highest-ever l...
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