May 09, 2013
For a pair of former Citigroup Inc. (C) hedge-fund managers, Napier Park Global Capital may turn into a multimillion-dollar payday thanks to the Volcker rule.Jonathan Dorfman and James O’Brien a... more
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October 19, 2012
The Financial Accounting Standards Board is likely to change how companies can account for the fair value of the debt they hold.At a meeting in June, FASB tentatively decided as part of its financial ... more
September 15, 2012
The most significant changes to fair value accounting rules since the Financial Accounts Standards Board (FASB) released SFAS No. 157 in 2006 are now fully in effect, with calendar-year companies requ... more
August 23, 2012
Succession planning can be a touchy subject in the hedge fund space. After the death of well-known hedge fund manager Barton Biggs, his firm, Traxis Partners provided a transition plan for investor ca... more
June 01, 2012
Talbot Hall, a New Jersey facility that prepares prison inmates for release, drew an investment from a private-equity fund 16 years ago.Today, the investment sits in a "zombie fund": a near-dead fund ... more
May 18, 2012
The most highly anticipated IPO in history didn't put on much of a show. As I type these words, Facebook is currently trading within decimal points of its initial price of $38. Even so, the company's ... more
May 18, 2012
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Facebook is finally trading. And even though the stock didn't explode out of the gate, the company is still worth more than $100 billion. It shouldn't be.If you clicked on this ... more
April 20, 2012
Facebook is expected to launch its IPO in mid-May, and it's certain to be a very big day on Wall Street. Talk of a $100 billion valuation is too conservative, said Espen Robak, president of Pluris Val... more
March 30, 2012
It was March Madness on the stock market yesterday, with several successful public offerings pointing to an upcoming blockbuster debut by social networking phenom Facebook, which is now pegging its Wa... more
February 23, 2012
Feb. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Facebook Inc. is already trading like a public company as insiders and wealthy investors use private marketplaces to buy and sell stock in the social- networking company ahead o... more
February 20, 2012
President Barack Obama's budget proposal to change the tax treatment of carried interest, the latest in a string of alternative investment initiatives in Washington, is bringing predictions of dire co... more
February 02, 2012
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Facebook is a great company. It proved that in its IPO filing. A billion dollar annual profit and $3.9 billion in cash for something that didn't even exist 10 yea... more
February 01, 2012
What started in a Harvard dorm room eight years ago is on its way to being the biggest tech IPO ever, as Facebook files paperwork to raise $5 billion by going public.It's official. Facebook is on the ... more
November 22, 2011
Shares in Groupon, the recently listed online coupon seller, plunged more than 10 per cent for the second straight day this week, leaving it hovering just above this month’s initial public offer... more
November 03, 2011
Groupon Inc. raised $700 million in its initial public offering, said two people with knowledge of the situation, 30 percent more than it sought and valuing the biggest online-coupon provider at about... more
June 14, 2011
Pandora, the streaming music website, has seen strong demand for its initial public offering despite concerns about the viability of its business model.The company and its venture capital backers rais... more
June 13, 2011
Pandora Media Inc., the Internet- radio company, is seeking a $1.8 billion valuation in its initial public offering today as it bets a 33-fold jump in sales since 2007 will compel investors to overloo... more
June 02, 2011
NEW YORK, June 3 (Reuters) - Morgan Stanley (MS.N) is the lead underwriter for Groupon's initial public offering, which could be good news for short-term investors and bad news for the online coupon c... more
June 02, 2011
Groupon Inc.’s $540.2 million in operating losses since 2008 may leave some investors leery of buying shares in a company with a business model so easy to copy that it has spawned 482 imitators.... more
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