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TRUMP COULD HAVE KILLED CARRIED INTEREST LOOPHOLE; NOW IT MAY BE TOO LATE
And yet, Trump has taken no executive action on carried interest despite explicitly campaigning on a promise to address the situation... READ MORE›
TAX BILL ADDS NEW DEDUCTION FOR BLACKSTONE CEO AND GOP DONOR SCHWARZMAN
Just weeks before the election last year, billionaire Stephen Schwarzman gave 2.57 million to the Senate Leadership Fund, a super PAC that supports Republican Senate candidates... READ MORE›
CARLYLE SEEKS TO RAISE $1 BILLION FOR NEW ENERGY FUND
Exclusive Carlyle seeks to raise 1 billion for new energy fund - sources... READ MORE›
BLACKSTONE BUYS CHINA-BASED PACKAGER SHYAHSIN IN $800-900 MILLION DEAL
The deal will be Blackstone's first private equity investment in China since 2014, Thomson Reuters data showed... READ MORE›
CARLYLE GROUP UNVEILS NEW LEADERSHIP AS FOUNDERS STEP BACK
Conway, a prolific dealmaker, will retain his role as Carlyle's chief investment officer... READ MORE›
BARRACK, LENDER TO STARS, SKIPS DRAMA FOR MORTGAGE DEBT
All future Colony investments, Barrack says, will be made through his reconfigured firm, whose direct holdings and managed capital totaled 18 billion after the deal... READ MORE›
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AON NEARS $4.5 BILLION SALE OF BENEFITS OUTSOURCING UNIT
Exclusive Aon nears 4.5 billion sale of benefits outsourcing unit - sources... READ MORE›
HOW BILLIONAIRE TRUMP ADVISER EVADES ETHICS LAW WHILE SHAPING POLICIES THAT MAKE MONEY FOR HIS WALL STREET FIRM
Blackstone CEO Stephen Schwarzman, untethered by ethics law, oversees Trump's economic policies in ways that are already helping his Wall Street firm... READ MORE›
BLACKSTONE IN TALKS TO BUY 40 PERCENT OF ISRAEL CYBER FIRM NSO
Blackstone Group BX.N is in advanced talks to acquire 40 percent of Israeli cyber firm NSO Group for 400 million, Israel's Calcalist business newspaper reported on Sunday... READ MORE›
EXCLUSIVE: KOCH INVESTMENT ARM NEARS DEAL FOR STAKE IN INFOR, IN TECH PUSH - SOURCES
The deal, if completed, would mark the largest investment for Koch Equity Development LLC, the Koch Industries affiliate that invests excess cash from the parent company... READ MORE›
GODADDY IN EXCLUSIVE TALKS TO BUY HOST EUROPE
A purchase of HEG would help GoDaddy accelerate its shift into the more profitable web hosting business as well as broaden its customer base in Europe... READ MORE›
EXCLUSIVE: PETCO BEGINS MERGER TALKS WITH PETSMART - SOURCES
TPG and Leonard Green bought Petco for the second time when it was a public company in 2006 in a 1.7 billion deal... READ MORE›
EXCLUSIVE: KKR NEARS DEAL TO ACQUIRE WEBMD - SOURCES
It was acquired by KKR in 2014 for 1.1 billion from two other private equity firms, Hellman Friedman LLC and JMI Equity... READ MORE›
THIS BILLIONAIRE MADE HIS FORTUNE ON $50 CHAINSAWS
Allan Smidt, who died last year, said Eric Smidt had dramatically leveraged the company and enriched himself at its expense... READ MORE›
KKR HAS EYE ON HEALTH WITH WEBMD, NATURE'S BOUNTY DEALS
KKR will fold WebMD's websites, including WebMD.com and Medscape.com, into its Internet Brands unit, which houses sites such as DentalPlans.com and AllAboutCounseling.com... READ MORE›
SCHWARZMAN'S $425 MILLION PAYOUT LEADS PRIVATE EQUITY TITANS
Private equity executives are some of the wealthiest financiers, drawing most of their income from dividends on their ownership in the companies... READ MORE›
KKR TO BUY NISSAN-BACKED SUPPLIER CALSONIC FOR UP TO $4.5 BILLION
It beat out rival private equity firms Bain Capital and MBK Partners, which, according to Thomson Reuters LPC, had bid to buy Nissan's stake... READ MORE›
AIG SHOPS $2 BILLION DEATH BENEFITS PORTFOLIO
Parties including Blackstone Group LP have purchased similar death benefits from AIG in previous transactions, the people said... READ MORE›
BLACKSTONE, CARLYLE IN $10 BILLION-PLUS BID FOR NCR
Some of the other private equity firms that are competing could also team up, the people added... READ MORE›
AB INBEV ATTRACTS AT LEAST SIX BIDS FOR PILSNER URQUELL, OTHER BRANDS -SOURCES
Exclusive AB InBev attracts at least six bids for Pilsner Urquell, other brands -sources... READ MORE›
BASS PRO SHOPS EXPLORES BID FOR CABELA'S
Exclusive Bass Pro Shops explores bid for Cabela's - sources... READ MORE›
AUSTRALIA'S VOCUS ENDS TAKEOVER TALKS WITH KKR, AFFINITY
The firms had separately offered A 3.50-per-share for the company, a price less than half Vocus's share price a year ago... READ MORE›
DIEBOLD OFFERS TO BUY WINCOR NIXDORF FOR $1.9 BILLION
Diebold is offering 52.50 euros per share in cash and stock a 35 percent premium to Wincor's closing price on Friday... READ MORE›
JAPAN'S NEC CONSIDERS BUYING CIVICA FOR 900 MILLION POUNDS
Japanese PC assembler NEC Corp 6701.T is looking at buying British software firm Civica for 900 million pounds 1.16 billion, Sky News reported... READ MORE›
CVC, CPPIB NEAR $4.7 BILLION DEAL TO ACQUIRE PETCO
Pet retailer's owners, private equity firms TPG Capital LP and Leonard Green Partners LP, the people said on Sunday... READ MORE›
ASCEND LEARNING AGAIN EXPLORING POSSIBLE SALE
Ascend was formed in 2010 by Providence Equity after it combined companies it had previously acquired, including nursing school testing company Assessment Technology Institute LLC... READ MORE›
BLACKSTONE NEARLY TRIPLES MONEY ON SEAWORLD AMID CONTROVERSY
Blackstone Group LP will nearly triple its money on its seven-year investment in SeaWorld Entertainment Inc... READ MORE›
CARLYLE LOOKS TO SELL LANDMARK AVIATION FOR $1.7 BILLION
Dubai Aerospace sold Landmark Aviation to private equity firms GTCR LLC and Platform Partners a year later... READ MORE›
EXCLUSIVE: ONE CALL CARE IN $2 BILLION BID FOR HELIOS - SOURCES
Based in Memphis, Tennessee, Helios provides workers' compensation and pharmacy benefit management to some of the largest U.S... READ MORE›
EXCLUSIVE: THREE BUYOUT FUNDS VYING FOR GE'S $7 BILLION FRENCH BANKING ARM - SOURCES
Conglomerate has sold businesses including its consumer credit business in Austria and Germany, GE Money Bank Nordics and floated its Swiss consumer lending business... READ MORE›
UNDER EXTERNAL FIRE, EUROPEAN PRIVATE EQUITY OPTS TO SPECIALIZE
This is a new development, said Hugh Langmuir, a managing partner at European private equity firm Cinven... READ MORE›
CERBERUS LEADS U.S. INVESTORS GOBBLING UP EUROPE'S BANK LOANS
Investors who are snapping up European loans at knockdown prices... READ MORE›
JOE LIEBERMAN HAD TOO MANY CONFLICTS TO BE FBI DIRECTOR, EVEN BY TRUMP STANDARDS
President Donald Trump is reportedly no longer considering former Senator Joe Lieberman as a possible replacement for fired FBI director James Comey... READ MORE›
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR HAS HIRED BANKERS TO EXPLORE POSSIBLE SALE
6 billion in a leveraged buyout by a group of private equity firms that included Blackstone Group, Carlyle Group and TPG Capital... READ MORE›
BLACKSTONE TO BUY ABOUT $3 BILLION IN PROPERTY FUND STAKES FROM CALPERS
Reporting by Koh Gui Qing in New York Editing by Leslie Adler... READ MORE›