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Galleon: The Golden Age of Insider Trading	The Golden Age of insider trading is upon us. IFC Films/courtesy Everett Collection That was the conclusion of a Wall Street Journal column back in June 2007, which pointed out the expanding cast of characters–bankers, lawyers and hedge funds–who are privy to insider information in the Wall Street deal machine. The column pointed out that: “the size and complexity of private-equity deals makes it a wonder when traders don’t catch word of a deal before it is anno...	November 05, 2009
The Known Unknowns and Unknown Unknowns of PE Valuations	Laura Kreutzer, of Private Equity Analyst, reports: Private-equity fund investors were hoping for some clarity on the value of their stakes in the economic downturn once year-end reports from managers came in. But with the majority of year-end valuations in, the picture is murkier than ever. Fire & Police Pension Association of Colorado Chief Investment Officer Scott Simon says general partners–as fund managers are known in industry lingo–in his institution’s portfolio wrot...	May 14, 2009
China gets ready for a mega IPO	Filed under: China, Altria Group (MO)While not attracting many headlines, a variety of major companies have raised large amounts of capital lately, such as HCA, Dole Foods and Altria (NYSE: MO). However, the capital source has been mostly the debt markets.But as things ease up, might equity investors warm up to new offerings?Well, we should find out fairly soon. China Zhongwang Holdings Ltd., which is the largest manufacturer of extrude aluminum, is planning a public offering on the Hong Kong st...	April 21, 2009
Four at Four: Accentuate the Positive	Far from being a sign that its time to back away, a six-week run of gains in the stock market should be applauded, according to analysts at Schaeffers Investment Research. The S&P 500 has gained ground for six consecutive weeks, something that has occurred just 15 times since 1972, and on average, the market is higher by 2.44% eight weeks later, suggesting that rallies of this type often prove to have a certain staying power. By comparison, the average eight-week return on the S&P i...	April 17, 2009
Bank of America Merrill Names New Head of Investing	In investing, there is a time to sow, and a time to reap. Bank of America is hoping that it may soon be the time to reap some profits from some long-held investments in companies including car rental company Hertz, hospital operator HCA and Validus Reinsurance. It will be a long and tough battle to try to sell assets for any private equity effort, and Bank of America Merrill Lynch knows it. Leading the effort will be James Forbes, a 14-year veteran of Merrill Lynch who had co-headed the firm&...	March 18, 2009
Private Equity Gets Lesson in the Secret of Debt Investing: Timing	Even as late as early 2008, the private-equity business had a bit of its old swagger, with firms buying up LBO-related and distressed debt. That strut now looks more like a limp. Associated Press Several private-equity firms, including Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and TPG, are taking some lumps from those debt forays. KKR’s publicly traded private-equity vehicle, KKR Financial, bought debt related to KKR deals and other leveraged buyouts. It just reported a fourth-quarter loss of $1.2 billion,...	March 03, 2009
KKR, Evironmental Group Tout Benefits of Green Practices	Laura Kreutzer, of Private Equity Analyst, files this update on KKR’s partnership with the Environmental Defense Fund. Private Equity Analyst is a Dow Jones publication and a contributor to Deal Journal. Environmentalists have long argued that going green can improve the bottom line. Kohlberg Kravis Roberts says it has proof. The New York private-equity firm said it saved $16.4 million last year and prevented more than 25,000 metric tons of greenhouse-gas emissions through a partnership i...	February 19, 2009
Explaining Private Equity’s ‘Illegal Deals’	Forget the words. Look at the pictures. Consider the latest lawsuit against the private-equity industry, which uses a 6-step chart to lay out its case leading buyout firms, abetted by Wall Street, of “rigging” the market for such big private-equity buyouts as Sungard Data Systems, Neiman Marcus, Freescale Semiconductor, HCA and Kinder Morgan. How did this process of “illegal buyouts” work? You can get the synopsis by clicking on the chart to the left, excerpted from the l...	February 26, 2008
A good time to buy HealthSouth	Filed under: Good news, Management, Bargain stocksHealthSouth Corporation (NYSE: HLS), the Alabama-based rehabilitation company, is close to completing a massive restructuring after years of tough times.New management, three divestitures to be completed by the end of 2007 and a soon-to-be-more-friendly approach from Medicare and Medicaid, should allow this stock to perform nicely during the next three-to-five years.HealthSouth was a boom-bust stock as former CEO Richard Scrushy built the diversi...	May 08, 2007
The Long Arm of Christopher Cox in TXU Trading Case	Chris Cox is going to the ends of the earth to stamp out insider trading, almost literally. Soon after the $32 billion leveraged buyout of TXU was announced, the SEC said it smelled a rat, given suspicious pre-deal trading in the Texas utility’s stock and options. Today the commission said it has uncovered the culprit, or one of them anyway: a 37-year-old junior banker at Credit Suisse Group named Hafiz Naseem, whose tips allegedly resulted in roughly $5.4 million in illegal profits on t...	May 03, 2007