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Teamsters Bring Protest, Inflatable Rat To SuperInvestorSAN FRANCISCO, February 12 - Welcome, private equity conventioneers! Those who thought, or hoped, that the heightened public scrutiny of private equity would fade following the presidential election, think again.
Mega-firms in $2.6bn cinema exitFive private equity firms will sell interests in movie chain AMC following an initial investment by Apollo Global Management in 2001.
- Former Carlyle exec named to Federal Reserve
Jerome Powell, who founded and led The Carlyle Group’s industrial division within its US buyout fund, has been named to the Federal Reserve Board of Governors.
- Riverside’s Hendrickson defends the industry
Pam Hendrickson has long been a vocal defender of private equity, and has waded into the growing debate about the merits of the asset class.
- Meet Texas Teachers’ new head of private equity
Rich Hall, who was recently named private equity head at the pension system, said the asset class is essential to the fund generating the returns it needs to meet its obligations.
- Obama ally: Attacks on Bain ‘nauseating’
The President’s recent attacks on Mitt Romney and Bain Capital were openly criticised by noted Obama ally Newark, New Jersey Mayor Cory Booker over the weekend.
- Obama attacks
The industry is in for a rough ride to November now that the US Democratic campaign has fired the opening salvo in its attacks against Mitt Romney’s private equity past.
- Obama targets Romney’s private equity past
President Barack Obama’s reelection campaign has released an advertisement highlighting Mitt Romney's and Bain Capital’s investment in GST Steel.
- Former Ripplewood exec’s firm delays fundraising
Iwakaze Capital, headed by former Ripplewood Japan executive Kenji Ueda, has stopped raising its second fund, which launched in 2010, because of the tough marketing environment, according to Ueda.
- PSERS commits $450m to private equity, debt
Among the commitments was a $100m allocation to Trilantic Capital Partner, which has hit the market for the first time since spinning out of Lehman Brothers.