Garn! What’s this? Are the Pirates of private equity flying their colours off Australia’s shores again? Yes! At least according to Ari Sharp in today’s Age. “The energy, mining services and financial services sectors will soon appear on private equity’s radar as sharemarket turbulence drives down prices, according to a leveraged buy-out consultant. Ernst & Young private equity leader Bryan Zekulich says sectors that have historically had low levels of private equity involvement are now more likely to be sized up.”
August 11th, 2008 | Dan Denning | 0 comments | ContinuedAll Posts Tagged With: "Private Equity"
One of the Biggest Humbugs in Capitalism is Private Equity
We have chuckled about it before, but we come back to it today because the granddaddy of private equity – Kohlberg Kravis Roberts…
July 30th, 2008 | Bill Bonner | 1 comment | Continued
Private Equity Firm to Beat the Public Markets
If they could really outperform the public markets, we wondered, why would owners ever want to sell? What could they do with the money? And if someone who actually could outsmart the public markets offered to sell you a piece of his business…
March 12th, 2008 | Bill Bonner | 0 comments | Continued