Did Private Equity Kill M&A?
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If so, did private equity kill it? The large number of terminated and troubled private equity acquisitions has led to talk of a fundamental shift in the way M&#038;A deals are structured. Sellers will demand tighter terms and more favorable contracts, which limit buyer optionality. In other words, MAC clauses will become narrower and reverse termination [...].
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Are Private equity firms profiting from their own overreaching?
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The $8 billion buyout of audio-equipment maker Harman International Industries collapsed yesterday, the first major private-equity deal to unravel since the current credit turmoil began and a sobering sign for other big takeovers in the works.
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Private equity firms have demonstrated strength in numbers by teaming up to make significant acquisitions, and as some firms keep expanding, investors say the trend toward "club" deals will help them snag assets that once were out of their grasp.
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Questions about the auction company lead to a drop in the stock price. Does fear create an opportunity?
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Business & money: Fears that shares will end up being nearly worthless.
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Not so long ago, highly leveraged companies could get loans to bail themselves out. Now they canât.
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The withdrawal of private equity  bidders from an auction for Australian retailer Coles Group  Ltd.  has underscored how the demands of increasingly  risk averse borrowers threaten some of the more debt-laden  deals.
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These companies picked a lousy time to go public.
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The past five years have become known as the "golden age of private equity," with easy credit fueling multibillion-dollar corporate takeovers, a seemingly endless stream of old-line U.S. companies like Chrysler and Burger King being scooped up by private-equity firms, and the minting of a cadre o...
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Sometimes, stock buybacks destroy shareholder value.
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Private equity firms not only are causing the mergers and acquisitions market to expand, but they're also starting to speed up the auction process.
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By VAUGHAN, Gareth  Telecom is set to cash in on the private equity boom by selling Yellow Pages for $2 billion. But should it keep the faster growing directories unit or spin this strategic asset off to shareholders directly? Gareth Vaughan  reports.
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Have weak first-quarter earnings pulled the plug on this party?
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By Andrew Leckey  Let's make a deal: With merger mania a global phenomenon in 2006, average investors are wondering which companies might be snapped up next.  Giant companies in a variety of industries have been seeking quick growth.  In telecommunications, AT&T Inc.
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A pullback in commercial property  lending has raised questions about whether a recent surge in  real estate investment trust buyouts signaled a peak for  private equity funds.
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As private equity firms and hedge funds line up to go public, their traditional investors are worried that new distractions might make it harder to continue delivering stellar returns.