Article: QANTAS BID SHOWS PRIVATE EQUITY FIRMS BREAKING NEW GROUND.

Article: Polish needed; Private ...
The Economist (US);  June 30, 2007 ;     700+ words ...Private-equity firms needlessly squirm in the spotlight PUBLIC companies ... are often told they have lots to learn from private-equity firms. But the reverse is also true. Private-equity firms could take lessons from their listed counterparts ...

Article: Restoration; Private ...
The Economist (US);  April 12, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... definitely did not do it. Will private-equity firms be any more successful at ... among a trio of big-name private-equity firms (Apollo and Blackstone ... changed environment in which private-equity firms are operating. Frothy markets ...

Article: Private equity firms fight back as buyouts ...
Fund Strategy;  March 5, 2007 ;     700+ words ...As senior figures from private equity firms converged on Frankfurt for ... focuses on the accusation that private equity firms are acting out of self ... private equity industry. "Private equity firms are going after healthy ...

Article: $6 Billion and Growing: That's how much private ...
Collections & Credit Risk;  October 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ...Private equity firms have invested approximately $3 ... available capital, as are thousands of private equity firms, provides shareholders of public ... will. Private Equity Activity Private equity firms have been in overdrive lately ...

Article: The club deal.(WHO'S WHO BANKING & FINANCE--THE PRIVATE ...
Los Angeles Business Journal;  October 31, 2005 ;     700+ words ...WHAT can three private equity firms hope to gain in their quest to ... such deal would likely be the private equity firms themselves, which typically pocket ... if off. Deals in which several private equity investors form a partnership ...

Article: Lines blurring between hedge funds, private-equity ...
Investment News;  September 13, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... funding. "Indeed, many are literally private-equity transactions,'' Mr. Isaac said ... when many could just as logically be [private-equity] transactions.'' Among private-equity firms investing in PIPEs are Apax Managers ...

Article: Start-ups' new buyer: private equity firms: ...
San Jose Mercury News (San Jose, CA);  December 22, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... Constance Loizos Dec. 22--Private equity firms, already reshaping wide ... have rarely interacted. Private-equity firms typically buy mid-size ... overshadowed by ever-ballooning private equity firms and believe it's inevitable ...