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Next on Janet Yellen's to-do list: Winding down a $4.5T balance sheet
May 9, 2014
As the Fed winds down its bond-buying program, Janet Yellen confronts the awkward issue of overseeing a $4.5 trillion balance sheet, which was at $800 billion before the financial crisis. It's on her to-do list. Waiting for the policy-normalizing...
Yellen takes another stab at offering clarity on Fed policy without jarring the markets
April 29, 2014
Where the Fed is likely to go from here. Spoiler alert: Quantitative easing gets trimmed even further as the Fed tries to quietly but decisively take the training wheels off the U.S. economy. When attempts at clarity leads to more confusion...
Markets are bracing for a rough start to the week
April 7, 2014
The doomsayers are out in force this morning, calling for a dismal start to earnings season and a general stock market slide. Looks like a rough Monday, folks. Beyond the momentum-stock selloff The SEC is finally getting serious about its oversight...
PE giant Carlyle Group is eyeing the retail investor market and liquid alts
March 26, 2014
In the latest sign of the times, renowned private-equity firm The Carlyle Group is looking to buy a traditional asset manager as an expansion strategy. Everyone wants a piece of the white-hot liquid- alternatives market. The pursuit of more...
Say what? Most Americans feel like they've missed the market's historic bull run
March 12, 2014
Even after a five-year bull market, most Americans feel the stock market's 176% rise has had little effect on their financial well-being. Of course, they have also set aside less than $30,000 for retirement. Poll exposes a generally gloomy mood...
KKR ducks away from the retail market
February 11, 2014
Private equity giant KKR shutters two funds aimed at retail investors, highlighting the challenging of expanding beyond high-dollar investors. Retail market realities Gold hit a three-month high leading up to Fed Chairman Janet Yellen's first...
Hedge funds, private equity chasing retail investors but fees are high and returns aren't
January 26, 2014
Did you hear about how the S&P 500 trounced hedge funds last year? And did you feel the tiniest bit of schadenfreude? For a while there, it was hard not to feel jealous of hedge fund investors. Only certain classes of investors get the chance...
Goldman calls stock market lofty by most measures
January 13, 2014
Goldman finally calls the stock market expensive. Bulls should take heed Global markets jump, dollar skids as Fed policy gets a closer look. Weakest jobs data in three years Bank lobby pushing back on the Volcker rule with legal mumbo jumbo....
Be smart about "smart money"
January 12, 2014
They don't label the “smart money” as such for nothing. As a group, that class of investor includes institutions such as pension funds, sovereign-wealth funds, endowments and even some ultrahigh-net-worth family offices. Why is that money...
Private-equity giants set their sights on alternatives for mom and pop
January 10, 2014
The scramble to gain assets has come to this: Private-equity firms are lining up to court retail investors. The Carlyle Group last week became the latest P-E giant to unveil plans to offer its investing cache to the masses when it filed to launch...
Big PE firms facing $1B settlement in collusion case
December 26, 2013
Some of the world's most renowned private equity firms are staring down the barrel of a $1 billion settlement for collusion. Keeping prices artificially low The Asian stock market rally has pushed the Nikkei index to a six-year high. Comfortably...
Whistle-blower tries to shed light on private-equity transaction fees
December 10, 2013
In 2007, Texas-based utility TXU agreed to the largest leveraged buyout ever: a $48 billion sale to Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., TPG and Goldman Sachs. Since then, however, the renamed Energy Future Holdings has piled up $18 billion in losses,...
Mountain of money in nontraded REITs continues to hold Wall Street's attention
November 15, 2013
Wall Street continues to intensify its loving gaze on the once homely and overlooked domain of independent broker-dealers and the hot alternative investments those firms are selling, this time nontraded real estate investment trusts. And why...
Raymond James offers alts to RIAs
August 18, 2013
In an effort to provide a broader array of alternative investments to its advisers, Raymond James Financial Inc.'s investment adviser division will give affiliated RIAs access to the firm's alternative investment platform, beginning next month....
Reg D advertising for public gets OK
July 14, 2013
The Securities and Exchange Commission approved a rule last week that will allow advertising for private-placement securities offerings. In a 4-1 vote, the SEC opened the door for private-equity and hedge funds, as well as brokers selling unregistered...
Now, retail investors can get a P-E buzz – without the hangover
June 26, 2013
There's nothing like a little market volatility to remind investors about the virtues of diversifying into alternative strategies. With that in mind, the current market environment could represent an entry point to the private-equity space,...
PE's new source: Wealth managers
February 3, 2013
Investors know all about The Blackstone Group LP, The Carlyle Group LP and TPG Capital LP. They expect these giant private-equity shops to reap outsize returns on bold, imaginative deals. What stokes the envy of individual investors, however,...
Private-equity jumping into annuities could be bad news for insurers
January 29, 2013
Private-equity firms' appetite for annuity business and takeover targets is starting to worry debt analysts. Companies like Guggenheim Partners LLC, Athene Holding Ltd. and Harbinger Capital Partners have consumed a veritable buffet of annuity...
Private-equity set does tax tango
December 2, 2012
Private-equity managers are bracing for higher taxes in 2013 and in the final weeks of this year are refinancing investments, accelerating gains and shifting what they transfer to trusts. Top earners face higher taxes on wages, investments and...
LPL stock rocked by investor's plan to cut stake
November 13, 2012
The share price of LPL Financial Holdings Inc. Ticker:(LPLA) took a hit Tuesday after the company reported that one of its main private-equity investors intended to reduce its stake in the independent broker-dealer. Three funds managed by Hellman...
