Big US radio buyout still on track.
The US Department of Justice said in February that the nation’s largest radio station operator would have to sell stations in four cities, in order to win approval for its acquisition by a group...
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Accountability in broadcasting
A member of the US’s Federal Communications Commission has called for an inquiry into the impact of PE firms and hedge funds on the FCC’s ability to oversee public broadcasting, reports
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Leveraged PE buyouts are appearing in Russia.
A landmark was the debt-financed purchase of juice maker Nidan Soki by UK-based PE company Lion Capital in August 2007 for $500 million, says an article by consultants Oxford Analytica, summaris...
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India may monitor foreign PE investments.
India’s department of industrial policy and promotion (Dipp) is working on ways to monitor the investments of overseas private equity firms, reports The Economic Times (India). This follows advi...
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South Korea, a domestic preference.
South Korean-based private equity funds have flourished since 2004, outshining overseas-based rivals such as The Carlyle Group and CVC, reports the Reuters news agency (20 Feb ’08). They are dra...
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Central and Eastern Europe.
Private equity has been expanding quickly in the region, but is beginning to be affected by the global credit crisis, according to the C5/Squire Sanders CEE Private Equity Report, 2008. Squire
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Bank of England pension fund to sell its entire PE portfolio.
In its 2007 report, the pension fund of the Bank of England employees states: “At the Bank’s request the Trustee has recently decided, having taken the advice of their Investment Consultants and...
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UK pension fund trustees distrust private equity buyouts
UK pension fund trustees distrust private equity buyouts, reports London Stock Exchange Investment News. In a survey of 250 trustees conducted by pensions advisory firm Aon Consulting, 72% said t...
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Big US radio buyout still on track.
The US Department of Justice said in February that the nation’s largest radio station operator would have to sell stations in four cities, in order to win approval for its acquisition by a group...
English
Accountability in broadcasting
A member of the US’s Federal Communications Commission has called for an inquiry into the impact of PE firms and hedge funds on the FCC’s ability to oversee public broadcasting, reports
chicag...
English
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