Here is how private equity firms are preparing for Brexit

Here is how private equity firms are preparing for Brexit

Costs of Brexit for private equity firms include establishing offices and relocating people   Private equity firms are considering how to limit the expected negative impact of Brexit on fundraising and their British portfolio companies, according to industry...
Taylor Swift Calls Out Soros Family in Fight With Private Equity

Taylor Swift Calls Out Soros Family in Fight With Private Equity

Taylor Swift renewed her criticism of private equity, calling out the Carlyle Group and the Soros family for helping her nemesis Scooter Braun purchase the rights to her old music. In a speech at a Billboard Women in Music event Thursday night, she called the...
Private Equity Won Big on Lululemon, and It’s Not Done Yet

Private Equity Won Big on Lululemon, and It’s Not Done Yet

Shares in Lululemon Athletica Inc. have almost doubled in the past year, part of a remarkable turnaround that’s also a win for the private equity investor that set out to repeat one of its most successful bets. Boston-based Advent International Corp. first made a...
Blackstone to Name Jain as Senior Managing Director in India

Blackstone to Name Jain as Senior Managing Director in India

Blackstone Group Inc. has promoted Amit Jain as its senior managing director and one of its partners in India as the investment giant expands in Asia’s third-largest economy. A representative for Blackstone confirmed an earlier Bloomberg News report on Jain’s...
Warner Music, Providence to Invest $650 Million in Old Songs

Warner Music, Providence to Invest $650 Million in Old Songs

Warner Music Group is teaming up with private equity giant Providence Equity Partners to go shopping for hit songs. The two companies plan to invest as much as $650 million in a new platform called Tempo Music Investments, which will acquire music catalogs, they said...