Wall Street Folly » Blackstone http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress Thu, 29 Apr 2010 13:18:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Large banks losing clout in D.C.; Blackstone having trouble raising $$$ for new LBO fund?; Barclays chairman warns on perils of over regulation; Credit Suisse selling Canary Wharf building; Oil sets one year high and backs off; London real estate getting jiggy again; Nobel chairman taking heat; Jay Leno not helping NBC affiliates http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2009/10/large-banks-losing-clout-in-d-c-blackstone-having-trouble-raising-for-new-lbo-fund-barclays-chairman-warns-on-perils-of-over-regulation-credit-suisse-selling-canary-wharf-building-oil-sets-o/ http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2009/10/large-banks-losing-clout-in-d-c-blackstone-having-trouble-raising-for-new-lbo-fund-barclays-chairman-warns-on-perils-of-over-regulation-credit-suisse-selling-canary-wharf-building-oil-sets-o/#comments Mon, 19 Oct 2009 11:55:57 +0000 WSF http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/?p=9112 http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2009/10/large-banks-losing-clout-in-d-c-blackstone-having-trouble-raising-for-new-lbo-fund-barclays-chairman-warns-on-perils-of-over-regulation-credit-suisse-selling-canary-wharf-building-oil-sets-o/feed/ 0 Bruce Wasserstein in hospital with an irregular heartbeat; More Goldman pay bonanza speculation; Blackstone going on a listing spree?; Ex-Bear Stearns hedge fund managers trial about to begin; Allen Stanford gets a rare break; 2 Americans win Nobel econ prize; Barclays selling £4b in assets; Milk prices gonna spoil Starbucks recovery? http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2009/10/bruce-wasserstein-in-hospital-with-an-irregular-heartbeat-more-goldman-pay-bonanza-speculation-blackstone-going-on-a-listing-spree-ex-bear-stearns-hedge-fund-managers-trial-about-to-begin-allen-s/ http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2009/10/bruce-wasserstein-in-hospital-with-an-irregular-heartbeat-more-goldman-pay-bonanza-speculation-blackstone-going-on-a-listing-spree-ex-bear-stearns-hedge-fund-managers-trial-about-to-begin-allen-s/#comments Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:53:18 +0000 WSF http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/?p=9081 http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2009/10/bruce-wasserstein-in-hospital-with-an-irregular-heartbeat-more-goldman-pay-bonanza-speculation-blackstone-going-on-a-listing-spree-ex-bear-stearns-hedge-fund-managers-trial-about-to-begin-allen-s/feed/ 0 If John Thain had a do over, he’d have redecorated his office in Ikea not fancy commodes; Maxine Waters getting probed by Ethics Committee; Larry Fink railing against broker commissions and trading fees; Meet Allen Stanford’s new public defender criminal defense team; Wall Street allure fading with grads; Ex Morgan Stanley HK banker gets 7 yrs for insider trading http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2009/09/if-john-thain-had-a-do-over-hed-have-done-his-office-in-ikea-not-fancy-commodes-maxine-waters-getting-probed-by-ethics-committee-larry-fink-railing-against-broker-commissions-and-trading-fees-me/ http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2009/09/if-john-thain-had-a-do-over-hed-have-done-his-office-in-ikea-not-fancy-commodes-maxine-waters-getting-probed-by-ethics-committee-larry-fink-railing-against-broker-commissions-and-trading-fees-me/#comments Fri, 18 Sep 2009 12:22:09 +0000 WSF http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/?p=9019 http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2009/09/if-john-thain-had-a-do-over-hed-have-done-his-office-in-ikea-not-fancy-commodes-maxine-waters-getting-probed-by-ethics-committee-larry-fink-railing-against-broker-commissions-and-trading-fees-me/feed/ 0 As if Citigroup has just been sooooo successful at investing in hedge funds: it’s providing seed money (along with Blackstone) to some former employees for their $200M startup http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2009/02/as-if-citigroup-has-just-been-sooooo-successful-at-investing-in-hedge-funds-its-providing-seed-money-along-with-blackstone-to-some-former-employees-for-their-200m-startup/ http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2009/02/as-if-citigroup-has-just-been-sooooo-successful-at-investing-in-hedge-funds-its-providing-seed-money-along-with-blackstone-to-some-former-employees-for-their-200m-startup/#comments Thu, 26 Feb 2009 18:55:00 +0000 WSF http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2009/02/as-if-citigroup-has-just-been-sooooo-successful-at-investing-in-hedge-funds-its-providing-seed-money-along-with-blackstone-to-some-former-employees-for-their-200m-startup/ http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2009/02/as-if-citigroup-has-just-been-sooooo-successful-at-investing-in-hedge-funds-its-providing-seed-money-along-with-blackstone-to-some-former-employees-for-their-200m-startup/feed/ 0 Excellent Vanity Fair piece: Might some private equity firms be on the financial brink? Carlyle? KKR?; More losing hedge funds going activist “to do something to justify their existence”?; Grabbing control of companies through distressed debt http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2008/12/excellent-vanity-fair-piece-might-some-private-equity-firms-be-on-the-financial-brink-carlyle-kkr-more-losing-hedge-funds-going-activist-to-do-something-to-justify-their-existence-grabbing/ http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2008/12/excellent-vanity-fair-piece-might-some-private-equity-firms-be-on-the-financial-brink-carlyle-kkr-more-losing-hedge-funds-going-activist-to-do-something-to-justify-their-existence-grabbing/#comments Wed, 31 Dec 2008 16:10:00 +0000 WSF http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2008/12/excellent-vanity-fair-piece-might-some-private-equity-firms-be-on-the-financial-brink-carlyle-kkr-more-losing-hedge-funds-going-activist-to-do-something-to-justify-their-existence-grabbing/ http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2008/12/excellent-vanity-fair-piece-might-some-private-equity-firms-be-on-the-financial-brink-carlyle-kkr-more-losing-hedge-funds-going-activist-to-do-something-to-justify-their-existence-grabbing/feed/ 1 Blackstone ($BX) merging distressed fund with its GSO Capital; BlackRock loan fund might default; Citi, Old Lane managers splitting ($C); IPO market freeze hitting venture cap and co’s that need financing; SEC may charge Reserve Management http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2008/12/blackstone-bx-merging-distressed-fund-with-its-gso-capital-blackrock-loan-fund-might-default-citi-old-lane-managers-splitting-c-ipo-market-freeze-hitting-venture-cap-and-cos-that-need-fin/ http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2008/12/blackstone-bx-merging-distressed-fund-with-its-gso-capital-blackrock-loan-fund-might-default-citi-old-lane-managers-splitting-c-ipo-market-freeze-hitting-venture-cap-and-cos-that-need-fin/#comments Wed, 24 Dec 2008 14:21:00 +0000 WSF http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2008/12/blackstone-bx-merging-distressed-fund-with-its-gso-capital-blackrock-loan-fund-might-default-citi-old-lane-managers-splitting-c-ipo-market-freeze-hitting-venture-cap-and-cos-that-need-fin/ http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2008/12/blackstone-bx-merging-distressed-fund-with-its-gso-capital-blackrock-loan-fund-might-default-citi-old-lane-managers-splitting-c-ipo-market-freeze-hitting-venture-cap-and-cos-that-need-fin/feed/ 0 List of funds potentially caught in the Dreier scandal is a who’s who, including Amaranth’s Nick Maounis (who as you may recall, started up another fund called Verition) http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2008/12/list-of-funds-potentially-caught-in-the-dreier-scandal-is-a-whos-who-including-amaranths-nick-maounis-who-as-you-may-recall-started-up-another-fund-called-verition/ http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2008/12/list-of-funds-potentially-caught-in-the-dreier-scandal-is-a-whos-who-including-amaranths-nick-maounis-who-as-you-may-recall-started-up-another-fund-called-verition/#comments Sun, 14 Dec 2008 15:12:00 +0000 WSF http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2008/12/list-of-funds-potentially-caught-in-the-dreier-scandal-is-a-whos-who-including-amaranths-nick-maounis-who-as-you-may-recall-started-up-another-fund-called-verition/ http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2008/12/list-of-funds-potentially-caught-in-the-dreier-scandal-is-a-whos-who-including-amaranths-nick-maounis-who-as-you-may-recall-started-up-another-fund-called-verition/feed/ 0 Blackstone’s Steve Schwarzman: “I’m not Robert de Niro, but I’m a raging bull on private equity” http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2008/11/blackstones-steve-schwarzman-i%e2%80%99m-not-robert-de-niro-but-i%e2%80%99m-a-raging-bull-on-private-equity/ http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2008/11/blackstones-steve-schwarzman-i%e2%80%99m-not-robert-de-niro-but-i%e2%80%99m-a-raging-bull-on-private-equity/#comments Fri, 07 Nov 2008 15:03:00 +0000 WSF http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2008/11/blackstones-steve-schwarzman-i%e2%80%99m-not-robert-de-niro-but-i%e2%80%99m-a-raging-bull-on-private-equity/ http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2008/11/blackstones-steve-schwarzman-i%e2%80%99m-not-robert-de-niro-but-i%e2%80%99m-a-raging-bull-on-private-equity/feed/ 4 Steve Schwarzman’s seven principles for preventing another global financial mess http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2008/11/steve-schwarzmans-seven-principles-for-preventing-another-global-financial-mess/ http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2008/11/steve-schwarzmans-seven-principles-for-preventing-another-global-financial-mess/#comments Tue, 04 Nov 2008 17:33:00 +0000 WSF http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2008/11/steve-schwarzmans-seven-principles-for-preventing-another-global-financial-mess/ http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2008/11/steve-schwarzmans-seven-principles-for-preventing-another-global-financial-mess/feed/ 0 Blackstone Group’s Steve Schwarzman: `This could be the time that breaks the back of the credit crisis” http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2008/10/blackstone-groups-steve-schwarzman-this-could-be-the-time-that-breaks-the-back-of-the-credit-crisis/ http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2008/10/blackstone-groups-steve-schwarzman-this-could-be-the-time-that-breaks-the-back-of-the-credit-crisis/#comments Tue, 14 Oct 2008 17:14:00 +0000 WSF http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2008/10/blackstone-groups-steve-schwarzman-this-could-be-the-time-that-breaks-the-back-of-the-credit-crisis/ http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2008/10/blackstone-groups-steve-schwarzman-this-could-be-the-time-that-breaks-the-back-of-the-credit-crisis/feed/ 0