Private Equity
Oaktree Capital Group reported positive earnings Thursday on the strength of record quarterly revenue and distribution. The Los Angeles-based investment firm, which went public in 2012, saw its stock jump by more than a percent on an otherwise tepid day for Wall St.
2 min read · 14 February 2013
It doesn't take long after an LBO or a strategic deal is announced these days before a herd of would-be Sol Goodmans emerge from the woodwork, shareholder class lawsuits in hand, demanding a higher price. Usually they’re just brushed off, occasionally quietly paid to settle, but it is rare...
3 min read · 11 February 2013
The big news this week included the Dell-LBO, fundraising updates and M&A news--check out peHUB's Top 10 of the week.
1 min read · 11 February 2013
Last year, venture capital firms dug in for some big deals in the healthcare IT space. Mercom Capital stated in a recent survey that there were $1.2 billion in 163 deals across 2012, much, much more...
2 min read · 11 February 2013
We're starting off what could be a long, long weekend with winter blast updates, the parent of the century and Sheryl Sandberg's latest.
1 min read · 08 February 2013
Private equity firm TowerBrook Capital Partners has closed its fourth fund at $3.5 billion, it announced early Thursday.
1 min read · 07 February 2013
Zilch! Nada! Why the Dell deal got done and the alleged Best Buy LBO seems to drag on into perpetuity (or, more likely, eventual Ch. 11) isn’t because the Dow crossed the elusive 14,000 mark or because Washington lawmakers failed to send the U.S. plummeting off the fiscal cliff.
3 min read · 06 February 2013
What would the bushy-haired, red-faced kid from the now-infamous Bar Refaeli Super Bowl ad tap into for consumer media? Tapiture just secured $825,000 after John and Leo Resig, of Resignation Media, decided to spin the startup out under a new CEO last year.
2 min read · 05 February 2013
Want to know what the top posts at peHUB were? We had fundraising updates, upstart startups and solutions to the unemployment numbers rising in this week's Top 10.
1 min read · 04 February 2013
The results are out! And, they’re not exactly terrific. College and university endowments averaged a loss for 2012, in what turned out to be a surprising year for public markets...
1 min read · 04 February 2013
