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<title>Private equity: who makes money?</title>
<link>http://www.newscloud.com/read/Private_equity_who_makes_money</link>
<description><![CDATA[Average private equity returns have underperformed the market. And the evidence suggests private equity firms mislead investors by overstating their profits.]]></description>
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<title>Private equity, corporate governance and vampires</title>
<link>http://www.newscloud.com/read/Private_equity_corporate_governance_and_vampires</link>
<description><![CDATA[The reports of private equity's death are exaggerated. More to the point, private equity is like a vampire. Cheap debt and money sloshing into the system means that tighter credit controls will not kill of private equity. Like a vampire, it will stay Undead, just waiting for the right moment to strike.
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<title>Private equity: is the party over?</title>
<link>http://www.newscloud.com/read/Private_equity_is_the_party_over</link>
<description><![CDATA[The private equity party seems to be coming to an end, leaving the buyout firms to take the money and run. The fallout from the subprime mortgage defaults are making the banks nervous and investors are turning to safer bets.]]></description>
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<title>Private equity conflicts</title>
<link>http://www.newscloud.com/read/Private_equity_conflicts</link>
<description><![CDATA[
Company boards will be subject to tougher rules ensuring they manage conflicts of interest during private equity bids and leveraged buy-outs. But the new rules are not perfect and won


t stop conflicts of interest.

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<title>CEO guillotine</title>
<link>http://www.newscloud.com/read/CEO_guillotine</link>
<description><![CDATA[CEO turnover seems to have peaked but boards are becoming increasingly ruthless and are more prepared to give bosses the chop. And the latest figures show that the private equity boom is taking its toll on CEOs.

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<title>Private equity drives CFO job churn</title>
<link>http://www.newscloud.com/read/Private_equity_drives_CFO_job_churn</link>
<description><![CDATA[CFO job turnover is on the up and the latest figures show that private equity is driving the job churn. After a private equity outfit takes a firm, the CFO is always the first out through the door.
 
 
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<title>IMF warns of private equity boom risks</title>
<link>http://www.newscloud.com/read/IMF_warns_of_private_equity_boom_risks</link>
<description><![CDATA[The International Monetary Fund warns that the private equity boom is creating new risks.  It says the enormous appetite for overly-leveraged buyouts is driving up prices and will leave acquired companies saddled with debt. It also warns that some private equity deals will fail to deliver and that could be disastrous.


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<title>Accountants and the Billy Rose Law of Investment</title>
<link>http://www.newscloud.com/read/Accountants_and_the_Billy_Rose_Law_of_Investment</link>
<description><![CDATA[The US Chamber of Commerce has called on Congress to change the rules so that private equity can invest in the big accounting firms. They should remember the Billy Rose Law of Investing:: "Never invest your money in anything that eats or needs repairing". Here


s why it would end in disaster.



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<title>Is private equity bad for your job? It depends</title>
<link>http://www.newscloud.com/read/Is_private_equity_bad_for_your_job_It_depends</link>
<description><![CDATA[Private equity firms that take over companies and bring in new management teams are likely to cut jobs and depress employees' wages. But where an existing management team taked a company into private equity, there are more jobs and less wages impact. 


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<title>Takeover conflicts</title>
<link>http://www.newscloud.com/read/Takeover_conflicts</link>
<description><![CDATA[How to prevent conflicts of interest when managers are involved in takeover bids by private equity? Here's a set of proposals from one regulator telling us what boards of directors need to do.]]></description>
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<title>Barbarians at the gate: more questions about private equity</title>
<link>http://www.newscloud.com/read/Barbarians_at_the_gate_more_questions_about_private_equity</link>
<description><![CDATA[Real questions are being raised about the boom in private equity. There are big ocnerns about the massive debt, fees and agendas of private equity outfits and now there are warnings that  private equity will be hit with its own Sarbanes-Oxley.]]></description>
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<title>Private equity starts to lobby</title>
<link>http://www.newscloud.com/read/Private_equity_starts_to_lobby</link>
<description><![CDATA[The world


s biggest private equity firms have formed a lobby group to try and head off regulation from the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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<title>The change-of-control scam: sell out, keep your job and pocket the cash</title>
<link>http://www.newscloud.com/read/The_changeofcontrol_scam_sell_out_keep_your_job_and_pocket_the_cash</link>
<description><![CDATA[The boom in private equity is creating a new scam in executive pay. In many of these deals, bosses sell out to private equity and pick up millions in so-called change of control provisions, and then continue running the business.]]></description>
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<title>Private equity bubble trouble</title>
<link>http://www.newscloud.com/read/Private_equity_bubble_trouble</link>
<description><![CDATA[The private equity frenzy is starting to feel like the dot com bubble. Lots of talk of new business paradigms and risks are getting bigger. And the history of bubbles tells us that people are going to get hurt.]]></description>
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<title>The private equity boom: back to the &quot;greed is good&quot; era</title>
<link>http://www.newscloud.com/read/The_private_equity_boom_back_to_the_greed_is_good_era</link>
<description><![CDATA[The private equity boom is ushering in a new era of greed. Using all sorts of tricks to gouge corporations, they are loading firms up with debt and finding all sorts of creative ways to extract fees. This is a boom based on greed, debt and excess.]]></description>
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