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Wall Street Plays Long Game as Deals Go Private
A KKR & Co. debt sale shows how far Wall Street is willing to go to keep leveraged underwriting business from slipping away ...
TaskUs to Go Private as Co-Founders, Blackstone Affiliate Buy Remaining Shares
TaskUs will become a private company as its co-founders and an affiliate of Blackstone will acquire all the outstanding ...
Financial Planning2d
CEO pitches Janney as Goldilocks firm, not too big or too small
CEO Tony Miller thinks the financial backing Janney draws from the private equity firm KKR allows it to provide a full gamut ...
Carlyle Makes Gains by Pushing Beyond Private Equity Buyouts
Carlyle Group Inc., which made its name on private equity deals aided by Washington connections, is reaping a greater share ...
Davis Polk Is Ready for Private Equity Closeup, Says M&A Boss
As the hiring market surges for Wall Street law firms, Davis Polk’s small mergers and acquisitions practice with a high ...
Fintech giant Green Dot attracts private equity interest despite sluggish deal climate
A choppy economic climate has resulted in many deals going on pause but that’s not the case for Green Dot, the Utah fintech ...
The Business Journals4d
Largest Private Equity Firms in Greater D.C.
EDITOR’S NOTE: We have changed the way we rank this List to show the previous year’s most active firms based in Greater Washington. Source: PitchBook Data Inc. and the firms A new version of ...
Skechers to be acquired by 3G Capital in take-private deal, shares soar 25%
Footwear giant Skechers has agreed to be acquired by private equity firm 3G Capital for $63 per share, ending its nearly ...