Genband, which is based in Frisco, Texas, scored high marks due partly to its large fundraising haul from a mix of top venture capital, private equity and corporate investors, including One Equity Partners, Sevin Rosen Funds, Intel Capital, Oak Investment Partners, Siemens Venture Capital and Venrock.
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"We are in the middle of talks on different subjects, including an equity share, " he added.
There are several exemptions, including primary equity and bond issues, spot foreign-exchange deals and deals involving central clearing-houses.
Scotland has some venture capital expertise, including Scottish Equity Partners and another Clyde Blowers fund set up by Jim McColl.
Carnahan said she "perhaps" would make an additional commitment to women's issues, including pay equity, child care and breast cancer research.
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But the fact that McClatchy got a discount despite having to outbid several other suitors, including private equity groups like Thomas H.
Up to now, financing of China outbound deals have been dominated by cash-rich players, including private equity and sovereign wealth giants in addition to state-owned Enterprises.
At the start of the year, New Delhi lawmakers said they would allow for multinationals and foreign investors in general, including private equity firms, to acquire multi-brand retail outlets.
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But this might only partially mitigate the downside described above, given the high rate of return that State Street has previously seen in some of its alternative investments (including private equity and hedge fund investments).
Just three services currently recommend the stock, including Ford Equity Research, Navellier's Emerging Growth and the Prudent Speculator--although Navellier's staff say they are preparing for "major portfolio changes" in the next issue of the newsletter.
Both units are already being marketed to potential buyers, including some private equity firms.
The portfolio of projects, financed by debt and equity including an undisclosed, significant investment by Google in a venture formed by KKR, SunTap Energy, will include four solar photovoltaic facilities.
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But now speculation is swirling that certain investor groups are eyeing Midas (MDS) as a buyout candidate, including a private equity capital management firm, one large hedge fund, and a major company engaged in auto-related businesses.
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Gold has slid so far this year, with many investors feeling more comfortable about the economy and willing to turn to so-called risk assets, including the broader equity market, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average repeatedly hitting record highs in recent sessions.
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The funding came from some existing investors, including Atlas Global and Wexford Capital, along with new private equity investors, including Comstock, according to CFO Jeff Williams.
Being brought public by a consortium of private equity firms including Bain, Carlyle, and Thomas H.
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But the option fell out of favor as other, simpler forms of fund raising--including tapping the public equity market--grew more popular.
This trend is benefitting some of the largest real estate investment trusts, including AvalonBay Communities and Equity Residential, says Rent.com President Peggy Abkemeier.
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There also are funds that offer one-stop-shop exposure to a variety of strategies traditionally associated with hedge funds, including long-short equity or nontraditional bond strategies.
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It was bought out by a group of private equity firms including Bain Capital in 2006 and had an initial public offering in March, 2011.
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Leitner, who became CEO in 1994, teamed up with a group of private equity companies including Carlyle Group to lead a management buyout in 1999.
Commodity-based stock investments are investments in companies that seek to profit from rising commodity prices including investments in the equity of mining companies, or companies that grow cotton, livestock, or produce fertilizers.
The New York Times had a big scoop recently on a lawsuit in Boston that accuses some of the biggest private-equity firms including Bain Capital, TPG and KKR of conspiring to keep takeover prices low during the leveraged-buyout boom from 2003 to 2007.
Tully said gold prices can appreciate further, but she does offer some factors that could be stumbling blocks this quarter for the yellow metal, including a break in equity prices, weakness in the euro, the U.S. presidential election, improved U.S. economic data and a resolution to the fiscal cliff.
The combined capitalization of the region's equity markets, including Israel's, is only 0.65% of the world's.
And he has met with private equity firms, including the Carlyle Group, interested in buying a majority stake.
The onus is therefore on the rich, including those riding the private equity wave, to choose philanthropy above higher taxation.
None is a true bottom-line margin that relates profits to sales after deducting all costs, including the opportunity cost of equity capital.
From this perspective, I believe it is wise for investors, including retirees, to maintain equity exposure to benefit from long-term economic growth.
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