Private Equity
Read about how private equity investments offer investors the ability to invest in long-term profitable assets, known often as PE investments.
What's Good for General Motors
By Alexei BayerWhen Chrysler, the No. 3 Detroit automaker, was teetering on the brink of bankruptcy in 1979, the Carter administration stepped in with $1.2 billion in...
July 01, 2007
Going PrivateHear that? It's the sound of a very big door opening into the elite, large, 144A private securities marketplace. Not only will companies that want...
June 06, 2007
No More Equity Research From Prurudential Financial is closing Prudential Equity Group, suspending that group's institutional equity research coverage immediately, and pulling the plug on the equity group's trading and sales arms in 13 cities.
June 06, 2007
Prudential Gets Out Of Equity BusinessPrudential Financial Inc. today announced the closing of its Prudential Equity Group unit, which has been selling and trading stocks and providing stock research for ...
June 01, 2007
Another Asset Class for AdvisorsOver the years, a number of alternative investments have become increasingly available to RIAs and their high-net-worth clientele. Hedge fund of funds burst into the scene about 15 years ago, followed by mutual funds that utilize a plethora of market neutral strategies. Private equity may well be the next piece...
June 01, 2007
Outside HelpLast month, we looked at how three advisors went outside of their practices to create an ad hoc network to solve the unique advanced planning...
May 04, 2007
Laptop Stolen? Blow It Up!ComputerWorld recently reported on the theft of yet another laptop computer that contains vital, sensitive, private information about innocent people. Read about why NU Tech ...
May 02, 2007
CDA: LTD Benefits Grow 7.5&The disability insurers that support the Council for Disability Awareness say they paid $7.2 billion in long-term disability claims in 2006, up 7.5% from the ...