Private Equity
Read about how private equity investments offer investors the ability to invest in long-term profitable assets, known often as PE investments.
November 01, 2007
O'NEAL RESIGNS AS CEO; WHAT'S NEXT FOR MERRILL?Merrill Lynch Chairman and CEO Stan O'Neal's retired on October 30, six days after the firm announced a write-down of some $8 billion due to its mortgage-related holdings; that amount represents about
October 03, 2007
AmWINS Withdraws IPO RegistrationAn insurance wholesaler has decided against trying to sell stock to the public.M. Steven DeCarlo, chief executive of AmWINS Group Inc., Charlotte, N.C., has sent ...
September 26, 2007
MetLife To Buy Back StockAn insurer says it could spend up to $1 billion more on buying back shares of common stock.MetLife Inc., New York, earmarked $1 billion for ...
September 01, 2007
Raymond James Attracts 71, Adds 07-08 BonusesDuring the second quarter of 2007, Raymond James Private Client Group recruited 71 new financial advisors, with 40 joining its employee channel -- Raymond James...
August 21, 2007
$100 Million Pay: Not Enough to Stay?"It was not long ago that $10 million was considered to be an excessive pay package," states Bruce Ellig, author of the 2007 update of the bestseller, "The Complete Guide to Executive Compensation. "I
August 01, 2007
What's Good for General MotorsWhen Chrysler, the No. 3 Detroit automaker, was teetering on the brink of bankruptcy in 1979, the Carter administration stepped in with $1.2 billion in...
August 01, 2007
Cr?me de la Cr?meA smart and pithy saying goes: We create our own opportunities. Wiser still is the person who seizes only the best of them. Michael Rogers,...
July 31, 2007
Investors Sue Over Proposed AcquisitionLawyers are trying to organize a class action suit on behalf of shareholders who own stock in a company that writes and sells insurance and ...
July 01, 2007
Going PrivateHear that? It's the sound of a very big door opening into the elite, large, 144A private securities marketplace. Not only will companies that want...
June 06, 2007
No More Equity Research From Prurudential Financial is closing Prudential Equity Group, suspending that group's institutional equity research coverage immediately, and pulling the plug on the equity group's trading and sales arms in 13 cities.