Fortress Investment Group made a GAAP net loss of USD190m for the quarter ended 30 September 2009. The GAAP net loss attributable to class A shareholders was USD59m, or USD0.43 per diluted share, as compared to a loss of USD0.66 per diluted share for the quarter ended 30 September 2008.
The Blackstone Group made a GAAP net loss of USD176m for the third quarter of 2009, compared to a GAAP net loss of USD340m for the third quarter of 2008. Total segment revenues were USD603.8m, up USD200.2m from USD403.6m for the second quarter of 2009 and up USD833.0m from USD(229.2)m
The Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst Association, an independent, not-for-profit international organisation, has launched CAIA Hong Kong, its tenth global chapter. “Hong Kong, one of the world’s premier financial centres, is home to a very active, engaged and growing segment of our global membership,” says Craig Asche, executive director of the
NorthStar Equity Investors, a venture capital firm that specialises in creating and building early stage technology based businesses in the North East of England, has led a GBP850,000 investment round in The WorkCast Corporation. The investment round was made to support the development of WorkCast’s webcasting technology and to
EMEA mid-market M&A activity was valued at USD12.2bn in October, down 12 per cent from September’s USD13.9bn and down 34.9 per cent from October 2008’s USD18.7bn, according to research by Thomson Reuters. The year on year average rank value to Ebitda has decreased by 16 per cent on average with
Arendt & Medernach, the largest law firm in Luxembourg, has opened a new office in Hong Kong following similar expansions in Brussels, New York, London and Dubai. The opening of the office will enable the firm to better serve its clients and law firms with which it works closely in
IMS Health, a provider of market intelligence to the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries, has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by investment funds managed by TPG Capital and the CPP Investment Board. The transaction has a total value of USD5.2bn, including the assumption of debt. The agreement was
Albion Ventures, a UK venture capital investor, predicts that the venture capital trust market could double in size this tax year to GBP250m-GBP300m from GBP150m in the tax year 2008/2009. Albion believes that VCTs have become more attractive due to a combination of factors. VCTs, with 30 per cent income
Lime Rock, a private equity firm focusing on the global energy sector, has closed Lime Rock Resources II with USD410m in total capital commitments. Like the first Lime Rock Resources fund, Lime Rock Resources II will seek to acquire, directly operate, and improve lower-risk oil and gas properties in the
Argo Capital Management’s Shamillia Sivathambu (pictured) examines the implications of the formation of a credit bubble in the emerging markets. The MSCI Global Emerging Markets Index is up more than 60%, eclipsing the 30+% highs of its developed market counterparts while credit spreads have just had their best six month
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