Matt Levin

In the wake of Yucaipa-owned Aloha Airlines’ bankruptcy, yet another private equity-owned commercial airline has crashed.

The pension’s lowest annual return for five years was boosted by alternatives, despite private equity returns falling by almost two-thirds. Teachers’ also faces a $587 million break-up fee if the BCE transaction fails to close.

Amid significant turnover, former vice president of private equity Jane Mendillo will return to the world's largest university endowment after leaving the Crimson for Wellesley College in 2002.

A new wave of alternative investment in the developing world is fundamentally different than past expansions, Harvard professor Josh Lerner told attendees at the 2008 Emerging Markets Private Equity Forum in New York, co-hosted by Private Equity International and EMPEA.

A new wave of alternative investment in the developing world is fundamentally different than past expansions, Harvard professor Josh Lerner told attendees at the 2008 Emerging Markets Private Equity Forum in New York, co-hosted by Private Equity International and EMPEA.

In a memo to investors, Oaktree head Howard Marks cites runaway leverage and fair value accounting as primary culprits in a ‘broad-gauged and systemic’ crisis.

In a memo to investors, Oaktree head Howard Marks cites runaway leverage and fair value accounting as primary culprits in a ‘broad-gauged and systemic’ crisis.

The alternative assets giant has issued a statement downplaying the damage credit-focussed Carlyle Capital Corporation may cause the overall franchise.

As Bain and TH Lee work to close their $22 billion Clear Channel buyout, a TH Lee executive appeared before a Congressional committee yesterday to champion private equity’s ownership of media and telecom companies.

The alternative assets giant has issued a statement downplaying the damage credit-focussed Carlyle Capital Corporation may cause the overall franchise.