Feb. 10 (Bloomberg) — Jon Moulton, chairman and founder of Better Capital Plc, talks with Bloomberg's Poppy Trowbridge about the private equity, mergers and acquisitions and initial public offering markets. Moulton also discusses the US economy's strength compared to Europe. They speak at the Super Return conference in Berlin. (Source: Bloomberg)
Feb. 1 (Bloomberg) — Citigroup Inc. plans to sell or split off its billion Citi Private Equity unit, expanding the list of money-management businesses the US bank is disposing of to reduce debt, people familiar with the matter said. Bloomberg’s Jonathan Keehner reports. Source: Bloomberg)
www.globalchange.com China, Russia, UAE and other nations buying national assets. Sovereign wealth funds size and growth. Investment policy, transparency, reaction and regulation. National interest and conflict. Controversy. Link to private equity and buyouts. Rescue of banks and financial institutions. Future fund manager decisions and government policies to hold dollar or euro reserves. Switch from dollars [...]
This is an unregulated shadow banking system dominated by hedge and private equity funds. Step one to turn the economy around should be that President Bush, Federal Reserve Chair Bernakke and SEC Chair Christopher Cox require these funds to register with the SEC and disclose their holdings and related accounting practices. Only then can confidence [...]
GRAZIADIO BUSINESS REPORT - BLOG John K. Paglia, PhD, Associate Professor of Finance at the Graziadio School of Business and Management, discusses the Pepperdine Private Capital Markets Project, which was released on July 27, 2009. The study has been featured in the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal. The Pepperdine Private Capital Markets [...]
