Jason Mudrick Sees ‘Massive Opportunity’ In Energy Debt Feb. 3 — Jason Mudrick, chief investment officer at Mudrick Capital Management LP, talks about strategy for distressed debt, investment opportunities in the oil industry and his firm’s involvement with RadioShack Corp. Mudrick speaks with Stephanie Ruhle and Erik Schatzker on Bloomberg Television’s “Market Makers.” This article […]
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(Bloomberg) — The decline in oil will be positive for the European economy, though banks may be under pressure if the low prices persist, said David Rubenstein, co-founder of Carlyle Group LP. “Europe is a gigantic consumer of oil and therefore it’s a tax cut,” Rubenstein said today in an interview with Bloomberg Television’s Erik […]
Brixmor Property Group Secondary Offering — Already Baked Into The Cake? There is nothing sinister about The Blackstone Group L.P. (NYSE: BX) reportedly cashing out of 17,500,000 more of its Brixmor Property Group Inc (NYSE: BRX) shares. The Blackstone Group is the largest publicly traded alternative asset manager measured by assets under management (AUM). Blackstone’s […]
The Appian Fund returned 0.62% in December as four of the Fund’s six managers took advantage of increased volatility in equities, interest rates and commodities to produce gains. Broad markets finished roughly flat for the month, although the S&P 500 swung by 5% during December. Economic and Financial Market Overview Stocks closed out a strong […]
Singapore state investor Temasek Holdings has agreed to buy a minority stake in Virtu Financial Inc, the New York-based electronic dealing firm said on Monday, in a bet on the growth of automated trading globally. Temasek is buying a portion of U.S. private equity giant Silver Lake Partners’ stake in the company, Virtu said in […]
Temasek buys stake in U.S. electronic trading firm Virtu – source HONG KONG/SINGAPORE Dec 8 (Reuters) – Singapore state investor Temasek Holdings has agreed to buy a stake in New York-based electronic dealing firm Virtu Financial Inc IPO-VIRT.O, said a person familiar with the talks, betting on the growth of automated trading globally. Temasek will […]
The Appian Fund returned –0.25% in November as four of the six underlying funds turned in positive months. Monday, November 3rd marked the onset of the Fund’s substantially reallocated portfolio, which we have positioned to better weather a potential increase in market volatility. Economic and Financial Market Overview Domestic equity markets were positive again in […]
GIC to buy Blackstone’s IndCor for $8.1b Singapore’s GIC Pte has agreed to buy IndCor Properties Inc from private equity firm Blackstone Group LP for $8.1 billion, both companies said.IndCor had recently planned a public listing at the same valuation, but following the deal it will no longer be pursuing a listing. IndCor owns and […]
SunEdison, TerraForm Power agree to buy First Wind for $2.4 bln By Chris Witkowsky Solar developer SunEdison Inc. and TerraForm Power, which operates renewable power plants, have agreed to acquire First Wind, which develops and operates wind projects in the U.S. SunEdison and TerraForm Power have agreed to buy the company for up to $2.4 […]
The Appian Fund struggled during an eventful October returning –2.91%. Manager performance across the Wilshire Platform was challenged, and the Fund’s lone positive performer was Long/Short Equity, which outperformed the broader equity markets. Significant drawdowns by the Fund’s two Event Driven (“ED”) managers combined with similar performance from the Relative Value Arbitrage manager produced a […]
Oct 21 (Reuters) – Billionaire activist investor Carl Icahn said on Tuesday he thinks the high-yield “junk” bond market is still in a bubble despite the asset class’s recent selloff. “I think the high-yield market is in a bubble,” Icahn told CNBC television. “We do a very arcane product, we buy the CDS (credit default […]