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Saudi Arabia to launch $5.3B sovereign wealth fund

[Posted on April 30, 2008 at 8:54 AM]

Somewhat late to the party, Saudi Arabia, home of some of the world's largest oil reserves, is poised to launch its first sovereign wealth fund. ...
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Sovereign wealth fund pushes back against EU regulation

[Posted on April 30, 2008 at 8:28 AM]

After months of debate in the European Union about regulation to force greater transparency on sovereign wealth funds, one Middle Eastern fund is starting to push back. ...
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Leon Black says LBO debt markets will return in 2008

[Posted on April 29, 2008 at 4:13 PM]

Apollo Management LP founder Leon Black (pictured) is calling a bottom for the drought of financing for leveraged buyouts, predicting that lending will make a comeback in 2008. ...
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Private Capital Symposium 2008 podcast

[Posted on April 29, 2008 at 11:55 AM]

The Deal's assistant managing editor John Morris gave an in-depth preview of the key topics and trends that will be discussed at the Fifth Annual Private Capital Symposium in this
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Mark your calendar for The Deal's 2008 Private Capital Symposium

[Posted on April 28, 2008 at 2:13 PM]

There will be no shortage of grist for discussion at The Deal's Fifth Annual Private Capital Symposium on May 14....
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KKR closes $9.4B European fund

[Posted on April 28, 2008 at 11:03 AM]

Kohlberg Kravis Roberts has closed its latest European fund with roughly €6 billion ($9.4 billion), short of its initial €8 billion target.
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Video: PE Council's Lowenstein on carried interest taxes

[Posted on April 24, 2008 at 4:19 PM]

The Private Equity Council's president Douglas Lowenstein is on record as saying that he expects taxes on carried interest to go up no matter which party wins the White House
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No layoffs yet for Private Equity pros

[Posted on April 24, 2008 at 2:30 PM]

The credit crunch has put a serious crimp in the dealflow of all the private equity firms that raised multibillion-dollar funds over the last two years, which has left Blogging
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Ken Moelis on PE and investment banks

[Posted on April 22, 2008 at 4:06 PM]

Wall Street veteran Kenneth D. Moelis, the CEO of Moelis & Co., recently shared with Bloomberg TV his insights on what's happening in the leveraged loan market and on changes
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