M&A Record

Private equity shops partnering with hedge funds make for bad marriages.

High oil prices pose a danger to returns on some alternative, according to a members of the Alternative Investment Roundup Keynote Panel.

Lunchtime speaker on Wednesday was Michael Lewis, former bond trader, author of Liar's Poker and Moneyball and all around ruffler of feathers.

Tony James, president of The Blackstone Group, said the threat of competition posed by hedge funds playing in the private equity arena is overblown.

IPOs are usually the worst way to exit a middle market investment, according to speakers.

Venture-capital players were asked which emerging technologies or companies held the most promise.

Walter Kortschak, a managing partner at Summit Partners, said the first thing he would change about the Sarbanes Oxley Act is its requirement that the majority of a company's board... 2005-05-09

Valuations of venture capital-backed mergers and acquisitions rose 45% from the fourth quarter of 2004 to $4.2 billion in the first quarter, the highest level since 2001 according... 2005-05-09

Turnaround specialists, private equity and hedge fund professionals, investment bankers and lawyers gathered at the W Hotel in Union Square in New York City last Tuesday to discuss... 2005-02-21

FLYi Inc., which operates low-fare airline Independence Air and is currently undergoing a restructuring, is believed to be talking with former partner United Airlines, Harvey Miller,... 2005-02-21