These members also sent letters and pertinent attachments to every state treasurer and attorney general in the country in August and again in November of last year urging a security-minded review of state equity and debt portfolios.
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If the economy were then in a dire state, equity and property prices would have plunged and the assets would not cover the liability.
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And as we covered in our recent report on the state of private equity, two supply-side factors also could drive deal activity in the months ahead.
In recent years, Ludacris added Soul By Ludacris and Conjure cognac to his portfolio, taking a small equity state in the former and half of the latter.
The point of nationalisation would be that it would make shareholders write off the losses against their own capital, and allow the state to take equity in exchange for a public rescue.
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Some banks would still not have enough capital, but under Mr Paulson's original plan, the state could put equity in them, or, if they become insolvent, take them over and run them down.
Ohio State football has brand equity.
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Nevada is the state with the most loans in negative or near-negative equity, and the usual sand state suspects follow (Arizona, Florida, California), but there are a few surprises on the list of top ten most underwater states.
It also said it was selling equity stakes in state-run firms, to help fill the public kitty.
The new rules state that the amount of common equity - the best capital for absorbing losses - that banks have to hold will rise from 2% of their loans and investments to 7%.
For instance, if a San Francisco broker-dealer wants an equity sales trader with both a series 7 and series 63 certification (exams that designate a particular knowledge set and the ability to get state registration to solicit debt and equity orders), and a transferable book of business, they can tailor a search for exactly those needs on StreetID.
Nufarm itself only barely avoided being acquired in 2007 in a joint bid by an American private-equity firm and a Chinese state-owned company.
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As executive director of the Campaign for Fiscal Equity, he first sued the state in 1993.
The state-owned Maharashtra State Electricity Board, which will buy the equity stake on the government's behalf, is broke.
The Israeli-born billionaire graduated from Michigan State and launched an ultra-successful private equity firm in 1995, acquiring non-core divisions of various Fortune 1000 companies.
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For one, it is bringing in new investors: New Jersey's State Investment Council recently decided to give private equity a go, earmarking 5% of its assets to the sector.
The individual investor has been shocked into a state of perpetual liquidation syndrome as redemptions of equity mutual funds occur regardless of whether the market is down 10% month to date or up 20% in a 6 month period.
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Repeated articles have appeared about private equity circling Motorola in its presently weakened state.
French state-owned savings banks generate a return on equity of 2%, which makes it hard for private-sector rivals to achieve their 15-18% targets.
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.
This would leave the bank with 800 euros of assets, 600 euros of borrowings and 200 euros of equity, thus returning the bank to a state of health without the need for taxpayer funds.
Several banks and private equity firms turned them down, before IDBI, a state-owned financial institution, approved a loan.
On other business fronts, Merkel was the driving force behind opening Deutsche Telecom, still 15% owned by the state, to investment from the Blackstone Group, an American private equity firm.
On other business fronts, Merkel was the driving force behind opening Deutsche Telecom (nyse: DT - news - people ), still 15% owned by the state, to investment from the Blackstone Group, an American private equity firm.
Mr. Rattner was drawn into the parallel state and federal investigations in connection with his work at his private-equity firm, Quadrangle Group LLC.
That problem is ongoing, because Asian leverage has not declined, it's merely been transferred to the state, enabling the corporate sector to get its ratio of debt to equity down.
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).
Equity stakes will be sold in Oil India, Hindustan Copper and other state-owned companies.
Meanwhile, Calpers and its cross-country cousin, the New York State Common Fund, reportedly have been heavily influenced by political considerations in selecting private equity managers.
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