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Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Toronto-Dominion Bank to Acquire Target U.S. Card Portfolio

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 Toronto-Dominion Bank, Canada’s second-largest bank, agreed to buy the $5.9 billion U.S. credit card portfolio of Target Corp. (TGT) The...

Nexen Sale Said to Turn on China Backing Canada Deals

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Canada plans to ask China to allow several transactions in exchange for approval of state-owned Cnooc Ltd. (883)’s $15.1 billion bid for ...

Billionaire Ross Interested in Buying Spanish Bank Assets

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Wilbur Ross, the billionaire who’s taken stakes in distressed U.S. and European lenders, said he’s interested in Spanish banking assets a...
Monday, October 22, 2012

VENTURE CAPITAL DEALS

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Airbnb Inc., an online short-term rental marketplace for rooms and apartments, is in talks to raise around $150 million in new VC funding...

FLAG Capital Management To Acquire Premier Asian Private Equity Investment Firm, Squadron Capital

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FLAG Capital Management, LLC, a leading private capital investment manager, today announced that it has reached a definitive agreement to...

Black’s Apollo Seeks Control of Athene to Gain Annuities

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Leon Black’s Apollo Global Management LLC (APO) is seeking to acquire control of Athene Holding Ltd. as the private-equity firm increasin...

A Busy Summer for Jane Owen PR

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A Busy Summer for Jane Owen PR : Jane Owen PR has had a very busy summer filled with celebrity and charity events. Since the month of May, J...

Blackstone Sale of Sunwest JV a “Massive Outperformance,” More Private Equity Deals Ahead?

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This past week, HCP (NYSE:HCP) was the latest healthcare real estate investment trust to make a mammoth move in the senior housing space ...

Private equity firms eye nuclear fuel maker Urenco

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SOME of the biggest names in private equity are thought to be circling nuclear fuel maker Urenco, in a move that could spark political re...

Ancestry.com to be sold for $1.6 billion

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Ancestry.com, the online genealogy site, agreed Monday to be purchased by Permira, a European private equity firm, for $1.6 billion. The...
Saturday, October 20, 2012

Jindal Steel Nears $2 Billion Mine Purchase in West Africa

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Jindal Steel & Power Ltd. (JSP), India’s second-biggest steelmaker by value, is approaching an iron ore mine acquisition in West Afri...

Fewer venture capital deals, but dollar value greater

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The number of venture capital deals in Kansas was more than halved but the dollar value ballooned in the third quarter of 2012, according...
Friday, October 19, 2012

Private equity firm doubles money by selling stake in Hulu

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The private equity firm confirmed the move in a statement following media reports in the last two weeks that the sale would take place. ...

QIC's private equity strategy paying off

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AUSTRALIAN investors enviously watching the performance of initial public offerings such as human resources software provider Workday, wh...

Developing Your Career in Private Equity - Importance of Networking

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RESILIENT MEDIA ENTERTAINMENT #PRIVATEEQUITY #VENTURECAPITAL, #HEDGEFUNDS, #INVESTMENTBANKING & a few fun things as well. Check US ...
Thursday, October 18, 2012

Private equity firms are planning to increase investment in Asia over the next year as they look to tap into potential growth, a survey from Ernst & Young ERNY.UL showed.

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Private equity firms are planning to increase investment in Asia over the next year as they look to tap into potential growth, a survey f...

QIC Private Equity Rides U.S. Venture Capital Wave

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Workday Inc. Chairman, Co-Founder and Co-CEO Aneel Bhusri (L) and Co-Founder and Co-CEO Dave Duffield (C) applaud thier company’s first ...

Carlyle Seeks $1 Billion as Private Equity Fills Void

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Carlyle Group LP (CG) is the biggest of at least half-a-dozen private-equity firms raising funds to lend to U.S. mid-sized businesses, as...

Private Equity Holdings Buoy Goldman's Third Quarter Comeback

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Goldman Sachs reported a strong third quarter this year, more than doubling its revenue to $8.35 billion, from $3.59 billion last year, e...

Q3 Smiles On Blackstone’s Hedge Fund And Private Equity Units

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Blackstone’s alternatives units boasted a good quarter. Results released today show that revenues for the firm’s hedge fund unit—Hedge Fu...