Over the last decade, the biggest names in private equity have transformed into global alternative asset managers covering a broad range of asset class and activities, making them among the best paid and most attractive places to work. The likes […]
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When’s the best time to quit banking for Carlyle, KKR or TPG?
You’re fed up with being an analyst or associate in an investment bank. Like every other junior IBD professional, you want to move to the buy-side. – Specifically, you want to move to private equity. So, when’s the best time to quit? […]
Les grands fonds américains pris dans la spirale boursière
De Blackstone à KKR, les grands fonds cotés déçoivent en Bourse et engagent des rachats d’actions. Faut-il que les grands fonds cotés américains repensent leur modèle ? KKR, le quatrième gérant mondial de capital-investissement, qui publiait jeudi ses résultats annuels, a […]
Why analysts are more intelligent than managing directors, redux
Analysts in investment banks are more highly qualified than the managing directors in charge of them. We know this because the CVs loaded into the eFinancialCareers CV database say so: last time we looked (in October 2015), analysts were more […]
Et si vous conciliez votre passion pour l’art et la finance ?
Vous êtes féru d’art et souhaitez faire carrière dans la finance ? Sachez que ces deux mondes ne sont pas si éloignés qu’ils pourraient le paraître à première vue. Etats-Unis, Suisse, Luxembourg : partout les initiatives visant à rapprocher ces […]
Carlyle in Art Financing Venture
For the lucky few who are collectors of Rothkos and Modiglianis, there is a new lender in town. The Carlyle Group, the private equity giant, has teamed up with Banque Pictet to offer loans to collectors using their art as […]
Private equity’s ‘Golden Age’ is finally coming to an end
It has taken a while, but investment firms are shedding the last of those mega-buyouts that happened before the financial crisis. Nearly three years ago I wrote how private equity firms still owned most of the mega-cap companies they acquired […]
Un « hedge fund » de la firme sous le feu des critiques
Cliffwater, un consultant pour institutionnels, a récemment déconseillé à ses clients d’investir dans un « hedge fund » de Carlyle. Un « hedge fund » de Carlyle, Claren Road Asset Management, donne des maux de tête au groupe américain. Selon le « Wall Street Journal », […]
Carlyle’s Sarkozy Eyes European Shadow Banking Spoils
Carlyle Group is looking to capitalize on the growth of Europe’s shadow banking system, according to the head of the U.S. private equity giant’s financial services team, which Tuesday agreed to its first deal on the continent. “What we see […]
Carlyle Founders Took In $800 Million in 2014
The three founders of private-equity firm Carlyle Group LP reaped an $800 million bounty in 2014 that reflects the big payouts the firm made to investors as it seized on buoyant markets and acquisition-hungry corporations to cash out of investments. […]