My guess is he joins up with Silver Lake or some similiar PE firm before Halloween.

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Earlier this year, another Quadrangle hedge fund split off from the PE firm.

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Every major international PE firm has allocated large amounts of capital to the country, and Chinese sources of capital are growing day by day.

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"I think, as an investor, you get a lot of comfort over having a prominent PE firm involved in the transaction, " said Jonathan Crane, chairman of KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc.

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An example: several years ago, when a startup software company ran into challenges and sought urgently needed capital, a PE firm invested in the company and became its controlling shareholder.

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Despite consistently below-projection revenue and sales numbers, the PE firm relied solely on its handpicked CEO and did not consult the founder, CTO, or board of directors for guidance to steer the company back on track.

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The PE firm will end up with a minority stake in Dell, while Michael Dell, who rolled over his 14 percent stake in the company and forked over extra cash from his venture capital firm MSD Capital, will own the majority.

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Is that a PE firm?

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