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Oaktree’s Howard Marks ‘Not Very Hot’ On Traditional Managed Accounts

With several managed accounts with large PE funds being announced in recent days, executives from Oaktree Capital Group their shared views on the model used by some of its peers.

Apollo Adds New York City To Its Separate Account Basket

Apollo Global Management has added another large separate account mandate with New York City's pension fund system.

KKR Steps Away From The Club

KKR says that it has shifted away from club transactions.

Joe Rice To Step Down As Chairman Of CD&R

One of the oldest private equity firms has completed a changing of the guard. Joe Rice, co-founder and long-time chairman of New York firm Clayton Dubilier & Rice LLC is stepping down from his position in June, CD&R President and Chief Executive Don Gogel said in a letter to clients yesterday.

Deals In 2012: Not Enough Buyers, Too Much Regulation, Says Blackstone’s James

Blackstone Group President Tony James predicts that regulation, politics and corporate caution will cloud the deal envioronment in 2012.

Deals In 2012: Not Enough Buyers, Too Much Regulation, Says Blackstone’s James

Blackstone Group President Tony James predicts that regulation, politics and corporate caution will cloud the deal envioronment in 2012.

Deals In 2012: Not Enough Buyers, Too Much Regulation, Says Blackstone’s James

Blackstone Group President Tony James predicts that regulation, politics and corporate caution will cloud the deal envioronment in 2012.

Oaktree’s Public Debut Won’t Likely Help Carlyle’s Case

A lackluster stock market debut by Oaktree Capital Group does not auger well for private equity's next IPO candidate, The Carlyle Group.

Shoreline Capital’s Fanger On China’s Coming Debt Crisis

Shoreline Capital Management's Ben Fanger shares his take on China's coming banking crisis.

The Nest Stop For Intelsat: The IPO Market

AP Photo/ESA-CNES-ARIANESPACE, JM Guillon
Ariane 5 lifts off in Kourou, French Guiana, carrying a payload from Intelsat. Nov. 26, 2010
Raymond Svider, managing partner of BC Partners, the lead investor in Intelsat, told LBO Wire recently that the Luxemburg company may tap the public market at the right time. When...

There Is Enough Pain In Europe To Go Around, Apollo Says

Apollo Global Management joins the growing ranks of private equity firms targeting distressed debt opportunities in Europe.

What LPs Want, As KKR Sees It

Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. is on a fund-raising tear. It had a first closing on its latest mega buyout fund at around $6 billion and is in the market raising at least three other investment vehicles, said executives on a conference call today discussing KKR's fourth-quarter and...