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 Entries tagged "KKR"What the sponsors sawPE investors had to get creative during the worst of the credit crunch, but take-privates and IPOs have picked up. New plumbingKKR has a long history with PIPEs, but it offered a few new twists with its stake in Kodak. It remains to be seen whether Kodak-style debt deals become the norm in PIPEs. Between reality and the mirageSome of the most sophisticated minds in finance operate in private equity. Still, over the past decades, they've been drawn to overheated markets as easily as your Average Joe. A modest proposalPE firms are marketing their portfolio company IPOs to raise cash, not create a profitable exit. Will investors bite? One pocket to the nextIn a complex maneuver, KKR wipes out debt in three CLO funds to improve liquidity and help itself. The extension questionCLO funds have been willing to allow maturities to be stretched out. Why are they being so easy? Don't use the 'D' wordKKR's relations with Wall Street have been rocky through the years. A few years ago, the PE firm tried to scale back its reliance on third-party sources of capital. Now, KKR is partnering with Fidelity to open IPOs to retail customers. Movers & shakers: June 15, 2009Jeff Rowbottom, who once ran the U.S. high-yield syndication desk at Barclays Capital, is joining the capital markets group at New York private equity firm... The future and other problemsThe good news: Private equity is sitting on billions in investor capital. The bad news: It faces masses of maturing debt, some dicey investments and great uncertainty. That worrying wall of debtPrivate equity can't get back to business until it figures out what to do with $430 billion in loans due between 2012 and 2014. Cushioning the blowSealy tries an elegant defensive move and a trio of -- yes! -- dividends. Movers & shakers: May 19, 2009Ford Fraker (pictured), former U.S. ambassador to Saudi Arabia and former chairman of private investment banking firm Trinity Group Ltd., is now a senior adviser... Annex angstBuyout shops that need to prop up portfolio companies turn to LPs, who aren't thrilled. Malone's fancy turns to tax-free spinoffsThe $14.6 billion combination of Liberty Entertainment with DirecTV Group, announced May 4, represents a seasonal rite for John Malone -- a tax-free spinoff and merger. Movers & shakers: April 16, 2009Merrill Lynch & Co. bankers Alan Hartman, Richard Girling and Mark Robinson joined Centerview Partners LLC to build its healthcare practice. The firm is also... Can private equity play the infrastructure game?With buyouts moribund, new players have poured into some of the longest-term, low-return, politically sensitive assets out there. Highstar: A value on experienceThe veteran infrastructure investor is betting it can outshine its private equity rivals as competition for stable, long-term assets heats up. Not all that fail proofLeverage -- lots of it -- can bring down businesses in this recession, with or without covenants. Sin and redemptionTerra Firma's Guy Hands looks to keep his LPs happy. But what happens when the recession deepens? Linens' heavy loadApollo Management rescued the ailing retailer but saddled it with debt. Exit papersWhen Mars signed a deal to buy Wrigley, it reserved the right to skip out. That has since become the industry standard. Calling it offThe BCE buyout was for a time the largest in history. It took a while, but the deal just couldn't survive the times. Of debt and DonohoeKKR has tapped Suzanne Donohoe from Goldman to help with global fundraising. Movers & shakers: Feb. 17, 2009Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. hired Suzanne Donohoe for its global capital and asset management group as a managing director and global head of the... The beginning: 1999In which we launch a daily newspaper to cover dealmaking and discover why no one does this anymore. Post-holiday bluesSome LBO'd retailers find themselves struggling after a tough holiday season. Movers & shakers: Dec. 22, 2008Bank of America Corp. announced leadership positions that will be in place once the acquisition of Merrill Lynch & Co. is complete. They will report... Movers & shakers: Dec. 17, 2008Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. created an asset management division, KKR Asset Management, and named William Sonneborn as its head. KKR Fixed Income will become... Buyouts gone bustHexion-Huntsman is the latest buyout gone bust and comes days after the BCE deal fell apart. Here's a look at a year's worth of stalled take-privates. Less brave new worldWe lost five big investment banks in 2008, but how much does that really matter? No protectionWith markets beaten down so low, there should be opportunities galore for PE, so why is everyone so gloomy? Insull's ghostLack of credit is sapping capital-intensive industries like utilities, which may force them into the biggest consolidation phase since the days of Commonwealth Edison. Remembering Gavin MacDonaldDealmakers last week mourned the passing of Gavin MacDonald, Morgan Stanley's global head of M&A. Plant eatersStartup Qteros turns to germs for low-carbon ethanol, and KKR gets sunstroke. Watch Hill palsOld friends Robert Swindell and David Dickson join Watch Hill Partners. Movers & shakers: Nov. 21, 2008Citigroup Inc. announced that Mark Robinson became CEO of Citi South Asia, based in Mumbai. He also joins the Asia Pacific executive committee. Robinson is... Movers & shakers: Nov. 6, 2008Perella Weinberg Partners announced that Paul Inouye and John Varughese joined the firm as partners in San Francisco. They advise technology companies. Inouye (pictured) was... Movers & shakers: Nov. 3, 2008Nomura Holdings Inc. gave top investment banking spots to three former Lehman Brothers Inc. bankers. Christian Meissner and William Vereker became heads of investment banking... The gift of PEColler Capital's Jeremy Coller just gave $10M to LBS' Private Equity Institute. They're working on making it a pre-eminent center for PE. The hit listA look at the 10 biggest buyout deals of the golden age reveals a few are suffering, but more are doing just fine -- for now. Uncle Sam likes Simpson ThacherSimpson Thacher attorneys are advising Treasury on its investments in U.S. banks. Spread too farAmid turmoil, risk arbs have absorbed a lot of bad news, but some strategic deals look likely to close, and deal demand may be building. Living in a leverage-free worldIn private equity, the search is on for a new business model. Leaving a leveraged trailDebt downgrades and defaults haunt LBO'd companies. KKR looks eastMakram Azar, Lehman's global head of sovereign wealth funds has moved to KKR to launch its Middle East and North African office. Speed learningPenn is recruiting on Wall Street for its new, jam-packed three-year joint J.D.-M.B.A. program. Movers & shakers: Sept. 19, 2008Makram Azar, an 18-year veteran of Lehman Brothers Inc., will set up an office for Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. in the Middle East and... Brockman goes to BlackstoneIvan Brockman moves to Blackstone with plans to open its new Silicon Valley office. Suez leads Bredin Prat to KKRBredin Prat's Patrick Dziewolski, along with a host of lawyers and bankers, advised on KKR's $3.9B agreement to buy KKR Private Equity Investors LP. KKR's leap of faithThe buyout heavyweight is offering a complex plan to take itself public. | ||||||||||||||||
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