Tag Archives: bain-capital-llc


Wall Street can’t shake economic woes

November 11, 2008 : Permalink

Washington Observer Reporter – Wall Street’s initial enthusiasm about a $586 billion Chinese stimulus package fizzled Monday, as investors succumbed to anxieties about how U.S. companies will survive a severe pullback in spending. Stocks got a short-lived boost from China’s […]

Hedge fund group Lasair hires investment officer

October 22, 2008 : Permalink

Reuters – Lasair Capital, a hedge fund industry newcomer that boasts General Electric Co as its blue-chip backer, said on Tuesday that it has hired a senior investment officer to help put $180 million to work. Carrie McCabe, who founded […]

Stock Manipulation Probe Launched After Prices Spike

October 21, 2008 : Permalink

Bloomberg – U.S. regulators are investigating whether investors manipulated end-of-day stock prices to avoid being forced by their brokers to sell holdings. These gaps, which caused the Dow Jones Industrial Average to swing as much as 104 points this month […]

GE to raise $15 billion, Buffett gets preferred stake

October 2, 2008 : Permalink

Reuters – General Electric Co plans to raise $15 billion through stock sales — including $3 billion from Warren Buffett — to improve liquidity and give it the option of more acquisitions at a time of intense market turmoil, the […]

Credit Suisse Buys Reamer’s Asset Management Finance

August 27, 2008 : Permalink

Bloomberg – Credit Suisse Group AG, Switzerland’s second-biggest bank, bought New York-based Asset Management Finance Corp. for $384 million to provide financing to investment firms. Credit Suisse paid stock for more than 80 percent of the firm, founded by former […]

Global fluctuation may affect hedge fund demand positively

August 7, 2008 : Permalink

Turkish Daily News – Hedge funds, which have reached an estimated asset volume of $2 trillion globally by attracting investor’s interest with their rapidly changing asset allocation and high risk appetite, are about to be accessible to investors in Turkey. Oyak Securities, Garanti […]

Blackstone Risks Hedge Fund Returns as LBO Loans Fade

July 22, 2008 : Permalink

Bloomberg- When Blackstone Group LP, the world’s biggest buyout firm, was pursuing the takeover of the Weather Channel cable network earlier this month with General Electric Co. and Bain Capital LLC, Wall Street balked at providing financing. So the New […]