Entries tagged "Evercore Partners"

Evercore lands massive Burlington-Berkshire deal

Evercore scored another megadeal, advising Burlington Northern Santa Fe in its agreement to be acquired by Berkshire Hathaway for about $44 billion in cash and stock.

Boutique banks rise in survey

Evercore Partners and Greenhill rise to the top 10 in a bank survey conducted by jobs Web site Vault.com. Bet you can guess who got first.

Evercore hires BlackRock co-founder as CEO

Evercore brings in BlackRock co-founder Ralph Schlosstein as president and chief executive.

Altman: Another vote for an uber-Fed

Evercore Partners Inc.'s Robert Altman weighed in Wednesday in The New York Times on his views of regulatory reform. Our own John Morris has already posted on the op-ed article, commenting about Altman's failure to discuss the giant slug of leveraged assets at risk after the bubble burst. I'm more interested in the fact that Altman essentially seconds the current Treasury plan to make the Federal Reserve the go-to uber-regulator essentially of all of finance. What's fascinating here is how Altman -- like everyone from Hank Paulson to Barney Frank -- accedes to the Fed's ascension as if it's some...

Curious omission from Altman op-ed piece

In an op-ed article in Wednesday's New York Times, Roger Altman, founder of Evercore Partners Inc. and former deputy treasury secretary, had some sensible suggestions about rationalizing the maze of federal and state bank regulators and requiring more disclosure about leverage. But, strangely, he made no mention of the $350 billion mountain of LBO debt that was stuck on the books of major banks at one point last year. Or maybe it wasn't that strange given that Evercore has its own $1.4 billion private equity arm. ...

Just In: Advisers on HP-EDS

Hewlett-Packard Co. unveiled plans Tuesday to acquire Electronic Data Systems Corp. for $13.9 billion. A host of advisers weighed in. Here are a few:...

Is Vivendi in play?

Here we go again. The New York Times has broached the subject that business journalists have turned into a sporting event: the future of French media conglomerate Vivendi. Over the weekend it emerged that Vivendi reportedly had held talks with private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts over a potential $50 billion buyout, according to The Times. It's not the first time a buyout firm has flirted with the idea of acquiring the media and telecom conglomerate. Vivendi is a strange amalgamation of media and telecom assets that if it were an animal might be a duck-billed platypus. In part, Vivendi...

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