Tag Archives: leveraged-buyouts


Blackstone Falls to New Low as Investors Brace for Another Loss

February 26, 2009 : Permalink

Bloomberg – Blackstone Group LP, the world’s largest private-equity firm, fell to a record low in New York trading this week on concern that a rebound in leveraged buyouts will lag behind any economic recovery. “Given the economic outlook and […]

Hedge-Fund Clients Pulled $43 Billion Last Month, TrimTabs Says

October 17, 2008 : Permalink

Bloomberg – Investors withdrew a record $43 billion from hedge funds in September as they fled distressed-securities and stock funds because of poor performance, TrimTabs Investment Research said today. The estimated outflows were the most since TrimTabs started tracking the […]

Volatility Hedge Funds Outperform Industry First Time Since 2003

September 9, 2008 : Permalink

Bloomberg – Hedge funds that profit from turbulence in the financial markets are beating stock, bond and commodity investments for the first time in five years. Volatility hedge funds climbed 7.3 percent this year through August, according to the Newedge […]

Winners changing quickly, so hedge your bets

August 20, 2008 : Permalink

Tacoma News Tribune – Changes in winning and losing investments have come so swiftly of late that you might not have realized your favorite approach has backfired lately. International funds – the hot funds of the last few years – […]