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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.
- Friday Letter: Tightrope Walking
Part of the trick in walking a tightrope lies in making sure your line has the right tension. Keep it tight. The slack wire is only good for juggling, clowning and sword fights.
- Friday Letter: A tale of two buyouts
A new era has dawned in South Africa, where Bain Capital is preparing the country’s largest ever LBO. Meanwhile in the UK, a private equity bid for Sainsbury’s looks an increasingly tall order.
- Friday Letter Steady now
Panic in the credit markets: don’t expect much buyout activity any time soon.
- Friday Letter Do not relent
George W. Bush has offered to come to the rescue of his friends in private equity, but the tax fight on both sides of the Atlantic is far from over. The industry can afford no complacency.
- Friday Letter: Building a brand
Almost 20 percent of Blackstone’s total assets lie in good will and other intangibles and that’s before the companies it owns are taken into account. Buyout firms are waking up to fresh ways to extract more value from the brands in their portfolios.