Archive for Private Equity
Eminence Capital Boosts Formula One Position
Posted by: | CommentsRicky Sandler‘s hedge fund firm Eminence Capital has filed a 13G with the SEC regarding shares of Formula One (FWONK). Per the filing, Eminence now owns 5.4% of the company with over 10.86 million shares.
This is up from the 8.58 million shares they owned at the end of 2017. The filing was made due to activity on March 19th…
One Man May Be Propping Up Shares in H&M
Posted by: | CommentsHennes & Mauritz AB Chairman Stefan Persson may be single-handedly propping up shares in the Swedish fashion retailer.
Jim Belushi Hosts Pot Party for Investors at His L.A. Mansion
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Backyard serves as site of cannabis industry matchmaking event
- Gathering tied to the Milken Institute Global Conference
At one of the many after-parties surrounding the Milken Institute Global Conference, Jim Belushi charmed a crowd of diners with jokes and harmonica playing. But the actor and comedian wasn’t there as the entertainment: He was on a mission to promote marijuana.
The Financial System is Moving into an Inflationary Setup… Is Your Portfolio?
Posted by: | CommentsThe BAD stage of inflation has officially hit.
As I have noted previous, inflation enters the financial system in stages. The first stage involves a jump in prices paid by producers. This means that those firms responsible for manufacturing goods and services, suddenly see a sharp spike in the cost of basic materials they use to build/ manufacture.
That process began in early 2016 and accelerated throughout 201 into this year…
The Financial System is Moving into an Inflationary Setup… Is Your Portfolio?
United States Treasury Secretary and famed non-economist Steven Mnuchin flew home to Los Angeles the other day in order to spend time around a different group of people who have no idea how he got successful, and also for an appearance at The Milken Industry Global Conference.
The Warlock of Washington clearly felt at home in a room of bold-name financial types, and appears to have gotten so relaxed that he ended up reinforcing the notion that he’s an adorably unqualified political shill having a real fun time running the Treasury Department. Sitting in Beverly Hills and staring out at a sea of people who know infinitely more about him than what’s happening in the macroeconomy and aren’t hemmed in by their willing emotional servitude to a mental autocrat who uses the DJIA to measure part of his self-worth, Mnuchin attempted to pooh-pooh market fears by just, like, saying “Me no worried.”…
How to Invest In an Everything Bubble
Posted by: | CommentsThe single biggest issue… the one that 99% of investors continue to ignore when it comes to investing or making forecasts… is the fact that Central Bank rigged the entire financial system post-2009.
They did this by cornering the sovereign bond market.
Because sovereign bonds are the bedrock of the current fiat, debt-based financial system (the risk-free rate of return against which all risk is valued), when Central Banks did this, they literally created a bubble in Everything…
Duncan Foley On Socialist Alternatives to Capitalism
Posted by: | CommentsYes, it is May Day, time to think about workers and socialism, while Vladimir Putin gets himself inaugurated for another term as President of Russia, with military vehicles parading In Red Square like they used to for the glory of the workers, but today for the glory of President Putin.
Legendary Investment Banker Richard Jenrette Left These 24 Rules for Success
Posted by: | CommentsRichard Jenrette, who co-founded the investment bank Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette in 1959, spent four decades on Wall Street. When he died last week from complications of cancer at the age of 89, he left behind on his desk 24 rules to succeed — in finance, and in life. The list, titled “What I Learned,” was shared Sunday at an intimate memorial service for family and local friends in Charleston, South Carolina. Here’s what it said:
Legendary Investment Banker Richard Jenrette Left These 24 Rules for Success
Banks Scrambling for Hong Kong Deposits Push Rates as High as 3%
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StanChart is among lenders competing in $292 billion business
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Banks are securing funding in anticipation of loan growth
Competition in Hong Kong’s $292 billion time-deposit business is intensifying as a surge in short-term borrowing costs forces banks to seek other avenues of funding…
Banks Scrambling for Hong Kong Deposits Push Rates as High as 3%
JPMorgan Says Unusual Market Could Mean ‘Buy in May’
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Sees potential $50 billion stock buying by trend followers
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It ‘is not correct’ that ‘there is no one to buy equities’
An “upside-down” market may bode well for U.S. stocks, according to JPMorgan Chase & Co…
Thanks to some hard work from the folks over at the [previously] non-partisan Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, the American public is now aware that Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin has spent $1 million of taxpayer money by refusing to fly commercial.
Based on what CREW has found by FOIA’ing and then suing to obtain Mnuchin’s travel records, it seems that Mnooks has pulled every possible bureaucratic lever available to him to avoid getting on anything other than a private government plane while traveling for business or pleasure in his 15 months running Treasury. Mnuchin’s travel has eviscerated modern norms of travel expenses for any federal employee who is not the president and reflects an almost pathological refusal to not get exactly what he wants…
Morgan Stanley Dares You To Fade Their Quarter Like You Did Goldman And JPMorgan
Posted by: | CommentsIf you’re wondering what to make of Morgan Stanley’s quarter, why not just ask Goldman?
Morgan Stanley & Co. (MS): First Take: A very well rounded beat
…reads the title of Goldman’s post-mortem for their rival’s Q1 results, which included revenue that crossed the $11 billion threshold.
With JPMorgan, Citi, Goldman, and now Morgan results all in the books, it’s clear that when it comes to volatility, they’d all be fine with “more cowbell”. Equities trading was a boon for pretty much everyone in Q1 and unsurprisingly, given its dominance in the space, Morgan was no exception, posting sales & trading revenue of $2.6b – that was well ahead of consensus ($2.15b) and comprised 58% of trading revenue compared to ~31% for peers…
You Can Buy a Santa Fe Estate for $10 Million Less Than It’s Worth
Posted by: | CommentsThe owners of Santa Fe’s “Opera House” bought it for $3.5 million, then put a further $18 million into restorations.
Robert Knutson, a founder and the retired chairman and chief executive officer of the Education Management Corp., took his company public in 1996. A decade later, it was acquired for $3.4 billion by a consortium of private equity firms led by Goldman Sachs Group Inc. In 2009, the company went public again, this time with a valuation of about $2 billion. (It’s since been reacquired. A 2010 Bloomberg article reported that Knutson had made $132.4 million in stock sales from his company.)…
HNA to Sell Property Assets for $456 Million in Latest Disposal
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Disposal will bring about 400 million yuan gain, filing says
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The Chinese conglomerate is selling assets to repay debt
HNA Group Co. plans to sell a real-estate unit for 2.9 billion yuan ($456 million), in the latest disposal for the embattled Chinese conglomerate as it unloads billions of dollars of assets to pare one of the highest debt loads in the country…
HNA to Sell Property Assets for $456 Million in Latest Disposal
It’s great when posts just write themselves, and I can tell you, right now, in the first sentence, that this is going to be one of those posts.
Back in January, I wrote something here called “Norway: Future Shithole Country“. In case it wasn’t obvious (and it should have been because, you know, I explicitly stated it in the article), the allusion to “shithole” was a humorous jab at Donald Trump, not an expression of some deeply held prejudice I harbor against Norway, a place which is exceedingly unlikely to ever fit anyone’s description of a “shithole”…
Peak Earnings Are Rattling Equity Investors, But History Says Stay Calm
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Investors barely reward companies that top profit estimates
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RBC data show market will be fine as long as growth continues
It’s probably time to declare peak earnings. Does that mean the stock market’s doomed?
Goldman Sachs Sends Supersonically-Rotating Corpse Of Founder Into Orbit
Posted by: | CommentsFor more than a century, the name “Goldman” has been a byword on Wall Street for elite. The best of the best. The most farsighted and forward-thinking. To be awarded the coveted title, “partner,” was to have your life changed; to be deprived of it forever mind-warping and embittering.
Now, there is a new reward to be sought:
Goldman Sachs Sends Supersonically-Rotating Corpse Of Founder Into Orbit
End of Days For Markets?
Posted by: | CommentsWall Street is buzzing over Amazon’s impressive March quarter results.
Analysts are growing more confident over the prospects for many of Amazon’s new businesses including subscription services, advertising and cloud computing.
The e-commerce juggernaut reported better-than-expected first-quarter earnings results Thursday. It also gave profit guidance for its second quarter significantly above Wall Street expectations…
JPMorgan’s Guide to End of `Easy Money’ Amid Tepid Equities
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Advice comes as Goldman sees upside risks to Fed rate forecast
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JPM doesn’t share market ‘fixation’ on flattening, 3% 10-year
The moves in stocks lately are just strange — but there’s still a logical approach to investing for the expected end of “easy money,” according to JPMorgan Chase & Co…
Jes Staley Really Showed Us
Posted by: | CommentsLast month, we had a little fun with Barclays CEO Jes Staley. Staley, who was at the time enjoying a very unusual instant of grudging appreciation from shareholders, has spent the better part of two years trying to turn the bank around by turning its investment bank around. While this appeared to be working, some skeptical Wall Street Journal columnists and snarky bloggers suggested that for all of the apparent success, of which there was some but not much, trying to save Barclays’ I-bank made no sense, both because Barclays sucks at investment banking, and also Barclays having an investment bank at all makes no sense. To which Jes Staley says,…
Asian shares edge higher as tensions ease, earnings rise
Posted by: | CommentsSYDNEY (Reuters) – Asian shares rose again on Monday as tensions in the Korean Peninsula eased and first-quarter earnings shone, although some investors pondered whether this sunny outlook could dim in the near future…
DBS Shares Gain to Record After Quarterly Profit Beats Estimates
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CEO Gupta expects 2018 net interest margin of at least 1.85%
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Nomura analyst says 13% ROE came in earlier than expected
DBS Group Holdings Ltd., Southeast Asia’s largest lender, delivered a decade-high return that came along with above-expectations quarterly profit. The stock gained over 2 percent…
DBS Shares Gain to Record After Quarterly Profit Beats Estimates
Threats From Artificial Intelligence And Walmart’s Earnings
Posted by: | CommentsTechnological disruption poses serious threats to incumbent businesses. Here are two examples from Artificial intelligence and Walmart’s earnings showing how this disruption occurs.
I was reading the news this morning and ran across a post on Artificial Intelligence on the BBC News website. And it got me to thinking about technology and the opportunities and threats technological disruption can pose to incumbent businesses. Now, the BBC article was talking mostly about politics and psychology. But I think the ‘threat of AI’ has implications for businesses too. Let me see if I can tease apart some of this in this morning’s daily…
Stock Funds Suffering Big Outflows as Rattled Investors Rush to the Exits
Posted by: | CommentsInvestors are dumping U.S. stock funds at one of the fastest paces in a decade as rising market turbulence erodes confidence in the nine-year-old bull market.
U.S. equity mutual funds and exchange-traded funds recorded $2.4 billion in outflows for the week ended April 18, according to the Investment Company Institute. That followed $41 billion in outflows from these funds in February—the biggest monthly exodus since January 2008, ICI data show. Overall, investors have yanked $67 billion out of these stock funds since the start…
Stock Funds Suffering Big Outflows as Rattled Investors Rush to the Exits
Aussie Funding Costs Start to Fall, Breathing Life Into Old Bets
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Strategists return to steepener trades, bets on shorter rates
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Front-end yields are near top of trading range, Citigroup says
Australian bank funding rates have started to turn lower, giving traders the confidence to return to long positions in the front-end of the local rates market.
Washington Moves to Soften a Big Bank Capital Rule: DealBook Briefing
Posted by: | CommentsGood Tuesday. Here’s what we’re watching:
• Earnings are dragging stocks lower.
• The yield on the 10-year Treasury note broke through 3 percent.
• A new study found that female and male C.E.O.s tend to earn similar levels of compensation.
• What does Eddie Lampert have in mind for Sears?
• A thought experiment with Amazon’s pay and profits…
Washington Moves to Soften a Big Bank Capital Rule: DealBook Briefing
Sequoia Capital’s Growth Fund Tops $6 Billion in Record Haul
Posted by: | CommentsSequoia Capital is making fast progress in its bid to raise what will be the largest U.S.-based venture fund.
Investors have committed roughly $6 billion to the venture-capital firm’s new global growth fund, according to people familiar with the situation...
Sequoia Capital’s Growth Fund Tops $6 Billion in Record Haul
Investors Bet That Fox and Disney Will Toss Financial Sense Aside
Posted by: | CommentsDeals rarely look as good on paper as they do in a chief executive’s head. Comcast’s $31 billion offer for the British satellite broadcaster Sky just about passes financial muster. Investors expecting a higher bid from Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox, with backing from the Walt Disney Company’s boss, Robert A. Iger, are betting on the triumph of sentiment over spreadsheet.
Walmart Is Close to $12 Billion-Plus Deal for Flipkart
Posted by: | CommentsWalmart Inc. is close to finalizing a deal to buy a majority stake in India’s leading e-commerce company for at least $12 billion and may complete the agreement in the next two weeks, according to people familiar with the matter.
BofA’s Big Plans for China Don’t Include Investment Banking
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China will soon allow foreign firms to own majority of JVs
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BofA is said to focus on expanding debt services in China
Amid all the excitement about China’s plan to open up its securities market, one U.S. banking giant is playing it cool.
Trader’s Guide to India Elections Says It’s Time to Buy Equities
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Two years straddling national votes tend to be good for stocks
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Modi faces a ballot due by 2019, with majority at stake
Indian stocks have been roughed up along with most markets in recent months, but there could soon be reason to cheer. National elections are due by 2019, and modern history shows that tends to be a good thing for investors.
Asia Private Wealth Boom Drives Credit Suisse Surge in Assets
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Region accounts for more than 40% of bank’s net new inflows
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Shares soar after revenue and earnings beat analyst estimates
Asia is getting richer and that’s fueling growth thousands of miles away at Credit Suisse Group AG.
Wells Fargo Said to Be Target of $1 Billion U.S. Fine
Posted by: | CommentsFederal regulators are poised to impose a $1 billion fine on Wells Fargo for years of selling unnecessary products to customers, the toughest action by the Trump administration against a major bank.
The penalty, part of an expected settlement on Friday between the bank and two regulators, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, will punish Wells Fargo for forcing customers to buy auto insurance policies they did not need and other misdeeds, according to four people briefed on the regulatory action…
Lotte to Sell 22 Beijing Stores to Wumart Operator, Chosun Says
Posted by: | CommentsLotte Group’s retail unit is selling 22 of its stores in Beijing to China-based grocer and hypermarket rival Wumei Holdings Inc. for 256 billion won ($237 million), the Chosun Ilbo newspaper reported, without saying where it got the information.
Lotte Shopping Co. has taken a sales hit in China over the past year after the group provided land for South Korea’s deployment of the U.S. missile defense system known as Thaad. As geopolitical tensions around the system rose, most of the retailer’s outlets in China were forced to suspend operations over alleged fire-safety violations…
Lotte to Sell 22 Beijing Stores to Wumart Operator, Chosun Says
RagingWire Opens First VA Facility Within 1 MSF Campus
Posted by: | CommentsRagingWire has opened the first of seven planned data centers at its 78-acre campus in Ashburn, Va., and the company’s third in the region. Northern Virginia is currently the largest data center market in the world by net absorption values, with 115 megawatts delivered by the end of 2017, according to JLL’s 2018 Data Center Outlook. It is estimated that about 70 percent of all Internet traffic passes through this area.
4 Things to Know About Phoenix Data Centers
Posted by: | CommentsThe data center sector is booming. By the end of 2017, markets in the United States saw approximately 315 megawatts in net absorption, according to JLL’s 2018 Data Center Outlook. This accounts for more than half of the overall absorption rate of 583.5 megawatts across top global markets. Europe, Middle East and Africa came in second with a total 135 megawatts, while the Asia-Pacific region reached about 85 megawatts.
Amazon Has Considered Buying Some Toys ‘R’ Us Stores
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Potential deal could create Amazon-branded retail locations
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Toy-store chain has announced plans to shut down U.S. stores
Amazon.com Inc. has looked at the possibility of expanding its retail footprint by acquiring some locations from bankrupt Toys “R” Us Inc., according to people with knowledge of the situation…
Total Pays $1.45 Billion for Abu Dhabi Offshore Oilfield Stakes
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Adnoc awards 20% of Umm Shaif, Nasr block; 5% of Lower Zakum
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Total is fifth winner of new stakes in Persian Gulf fields
Total SA will pay $1.45 billion for stakes in two offshore oil fields in Abu Dhabi, extending a decades-long partnership as the Middle Eastern emirate seeks to expand production capacity.
Blackstone’s Crown Prince Built His Career on Bold Real Estate Bets
Posted by: | CommentsHow do you get to the top of the private equity business? Turns out, it’s by getting really, really good at flipping real estate.
Goldman Flags Rate Risk to Equities While Tom Lee Sees Benefit
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Ford, GE poised to enjoy a reduction in pension deficits: Lee
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Stock pain hard to escape when yields up 40bps a month: Kostin
Higher interest rates are an enemy of U.S. stocks, right? Goldman Sachs Group Inc. says yes, especially if yields rise quickly. For Tom Lee at Fundstrat Global Advisors LLC, the equity market also contains some less-obvious beneficiaries.
Job Diversity Sustains Denver’s Economy
Posted by: | CommentsNHI Acquires TX Nursing Facility
Posted by: | CommentsNational Health Investors Inc. has acquired a 121-bed skilled nursing facility in Waxahachie, Texas, for $14.4 million. NHI is planning on leasing the facility to an affiliate of The Ensign Group Inc.
The acquisition is the second of four to which NHI had previously committed and will expand on the existing lease at an initial rate of 8.2 percent plus annual lease escalators based on inflation. The facility—which opened its doors in November 2016—adds to Ensign’s footprint, which comprises 16 skilled nursing facilities in Texas. The acquisition was funded by NHI’s revolving credit facility…
If Home Prices Guide Amazon’s Choice, There’s One Top Spot for HQ2
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Pittsburgh has the cheapest housing among the 20 finalists
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Los Angeles is the costliest, according to data from Trulia
If Amazon wants to locate its HQ2 in the most-affordable spot for housing, there’s an obvious choice: Pittsburgh…
If Home Prices Guide Amazon’s Choice, There’s One Top Spot for HQ2
Equity Euphoria Grips the Entire World
Posted by: | CommentsThe most hated rally this is not.
One of the Most Valued Private Equity Firms Isn’t on Wall Street
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Partners Group has quietly become a private equity behemoth
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But can the Swiss take on U.S. firms on their home turf?
Talk about the titans of private equity and you’ll probably think Blackstone Group LP, KKR & Co. or Carlyle Group LP…
One of the Most Valued Private Equity Firms Isn’t on Wall Street
MiFID Fund-Fee Disclosure Makes Comparison Shopping Clear as Mud
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anagers must break down fees to distributors under rules
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Investors cannot compare fund costs without common methodology
Apples? Oranges? Orange apples?…
MiFID Fund-Fee Disclosure Makes Comparison Shopping Clear as Mud
Demographic Expansion Pushes Up Demand in Dallas
Posted by: | CommentsTech Scene Continues to Thrive in Seattle
Posted by: | CommentsFueled by the continued expansion of the technology sector and population growth, Seattle’s multifamily market remains healthy. However, the metro is showing signs of slowing, following the robust gains of the last several years. The metro has fallen from the list of top U.S. metros in year-over-year rent growth, and was negative in the most recent three-month period. That could be a short-term blip, but the weight of new supply and declining affordability could signal more moderate growth moving forward.
Bonds Tumble, Equities Mixed as Tax Bill Passes: Markets Wrap
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Consumer, real estate shares drag S&P; Europe stocks struggle
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Bloomberg Commodity Index rises as metals gain, oil tops $58
U.S. stocks fluctuated while Treasury yields climbed to a nine-month peak as the Republican tax overhaul passed its final vote before going to President Donald Trump for his signature.
The S&P 500 Index was little changed Wednesday, held back in part by slumping consumer and real estate shares, while the energy and telecom sectors rose. Core European bond yields followed Treasury rates higher, with European Central Bank asset purchases for the year ending Thursday…
Jernigan Invests in 2nd NJ Facility
Posted by: | CommentsJernigan Capital Inc. has invested $10.6 million in a proposed multi-story, climate-controlled, 836-unit facility in Dover, N.J. Construction will begin in the first quarter of 2018 and is slated for completion in early 2019. The acquisition marks the company’s second investment in the New Jersey market. In November, Jernigan invested $14.7 million in a proposed facility in North Bergen, N.J.
SkyWalker Buys DFW Data Center, Plans Upgrade
Posted by: | CommentsSkyWalker Property Partners has acquired a 136,000-square-foot data center in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. The Tier IV facility was vacant at the time of the sale. In addition to the building, the deal included a two-acre ground lease with Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport. Coldwell Banker Commercial Advisors represented the buyer in the transaction and was retained as the exclusive leasing agent for the facility.
Microsoft’s New SV Campus Aims for Maximum Green
Posted by: | CommentsMicrosoft’s new Silicon Valley Campus, a 643,000-square-foot “modernization” of the tech giant’s 32-acre location in Mountain View, Calif., will be the company’s “smartest, greenest office yet,” according to a blog post earlier this week by Microsoft Chief Technology Officer Kevin Scott.
A Decade Since the Recession: How Retail Recovered
Posted by: | CommentsNew JV to Build 120 KSF CA Self-Storage Facility
Posted by: | CommentsMiami City Self Storage and Cypress Equity Investments have formed Pacific Storage Partners, a joint venture targeting urban infill development opportunities in Los Angeles and Northern California. The new entity’s first development, a 120,000-square-foot self-storage facility, will be located in Inglewood, Calif. Self-storage lending REIT Jernigan Capital has invested $28.7 million in the project.
Pacific Storage Partners has closed $61.7 million in self-storage development transactions in the first part of the year, and it continues to invest in facilities across the country…
DEA’s El Paso Intelligence Center Turns to Solar
Posted by: | CommentsAmeresco Inc. has entered into a contract with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to build a nearly 2.5-megawatt solar power system at the El Paso Intelligence Center located on Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas.
The Energy Saving Performance Contract (ESPC) was awarded to Ameresco under the ESPC ENABLE program, which describes the process for small federal agency projects to leverage third-party financed energy technologies in six months or less. Ameresco will finance, build, own and operate the solar system for a period of 20 years under the contract…
Asia Stocks Pare Gains as U.S. Equity Futures Drop: Markets Wrap
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Dow vaulted past 24,000 as technology recovers from rout
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U.S. Senate suspends tax bill debate as cracks appear
Asian stocks pared early gains at the start of the last month of 2017 and S&P 500 Index futures declined as the U.S. tax bill encountered stumbling blocks. The dollar headed for its first weekly gain in four weeks ahead of the tax vote.
Private Equity, Japan’s Finally Open for Business
Posted by: | CommentsIt’s taken decades but finally, Japan’s doors are swinging open for private equity.
The country’s corporate giants have long been a coveted target for buyout firms seeking to put large pools of capital to work. Money, though, hasn’t been enough to overcome the traditional Japanese hostility to takeovers…
Private Equity Giant Cerberus Emerges as New Deutsche Bank Shareholder
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U.S. buyout fund emerges as a top shareholder of Deutsche Bank
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Cerberus had taken a 5% stake in rival Commerzbank in July
Deutsche Bank AG and Commerzbank AG surged after it emerged that private-equity firm Cerberus Capital Management is a top shareholder at Germany’s two biggest banks…
Private Equity Giant Cerberus Emerges as New Deutsche Bank Shareholder
Australians Love Equity ETFs as Market Assets Surge 39%
Posted by: | CommentsEquity products have more than 3/4 of the ETF market share Down Under
Australians can’t seem to get enough of exchange-traded products as they hunt for low cost investments. The sector posted a 39 percent jump in assets under management during the year to Oct. 31, with equity products dominating, according to data from VanEck Australia and the Australian Securities Exchange. Still, the market commands just A$33.2 billion ($25.3 billion) in assets — a drop in the ocean of the world’s $4.5 trillion ETF market…
Amazon Push Into Private-Label Sportswear Makes Quiet Debut
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Two new brands identified: Rebel Canyon and Peak Velocity
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Move to sell activewear is seen as a threat to Nike, Lululemon
Amazon.com Inc.’s expansion into private-label activewear is beginning to show up on its website, a move that will generate fresh competition for Nike Inc. and Lululemon Athletica Inc…