http://www.newser.com/2008 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorWed, 03 Dec 2008 22:16:37 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/42027/hedge-fund-selloffs-behind-swooning-dow.html?refid=rss_all_defaultHedge funds are increasingly to blame for the swooning Dow, the Wall Street Journal reports, as demands from investors to withdraw funds have sparked a securities selling frenzy in recent days. The rush to withdraw comes as investors—endowments and pension funds as well as wealthy individuals—see other investments shrink and need cash to cover their obligations.http://www.newser.com/story/42027/hedge-fund-selloffs-behind-swooning-dow.html?refid=rss_all_defaultFri, 07 Nov 2008 7:27:54 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/41719/schwarzman-weighs-in-on-market-reforms.html?refid=rss_all_defaultWith the world in “the worst financial crisis in recent memory,” private-equity billionaire Stephen Schwarzman advocates seizing the opportunity to prevent a repeat. In an op-ed piece in the Wall Street Journal , the Blackstone CEO, who pocketed $677 million from the firm’s IPO last year, calls for global accounting principles, more cooperation between regulatory regimes worldwide and, of all things, more transparency at financial firms.http://www.newser.com/story/41719/schwarzman-weighs-in-on-market-reforms.html?refid=rss_all_defaultTue, 04 Nov 2008 9:25:59 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/41635/credit-crisis-spells-disaster-for-private-equity-firms.html?refid=rss_all_defaultAfter a nearly 3-year buyout spree, private equity firms are facing tightened credit conditions just as slumping consumer spending squeezes many of their acquisitions, the New York Times reports. The leveraged-buyout bubble that culminated in $796 billion in deals in 2007 is bursting, leading to a grim reckoning as firms saddled with the debt used to buy them are unable to secure fresh credit to weather the downturn.http://www.newser.com/story/41635/credit-crisis-spells-disaster-for-private-equity-firms.html?refid=rss_all_defaultMon, 03 Nov 2008 11:09:53 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/40420/times-tough-for-i-bankers-in-marie-antoinette-kind-of-way.html?refid=rss_all_defaultWith Wall Street in free fall, many of its elite I-bankers are seeing the status quo turned upside-down, Vanessa Grigoriadis writes in New York . Once at the top of the heap, working for companies that praised them as smartest people out there, some are fighting to survive on the Street, while others have reversed course, taking jobs with—gasp!—the government.http://www.newser.com/story/40420/times-tough-for-i-bankers-in-marie-antoinette-kind-of-way.html?refid=rss_all_defaultMon, 20 Oct 2008 12:24:33 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/39999/credit-markets-show-signs-of-thaw.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThe government’s move to take stakes in major banks has finally succeeded in easing some of the panic that’s locked up credit markets, reports the Wall Street Journal. Corporate-bond values rose and commercial paper began trading at lower rates, giving hope that the intervention is working, though experts say there’s a long way to go before business gets back to normal .http://www.newser.com/story/39999/credit-markets-show-signs-of-thaw.html?refid=rss_all_defaultWed, 15 Oct 2008 6:30:46 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/38927/buffett-grabs-3b-chunk-of-ge.html?refid=rss_all_defaultMega-pockets investor Warren Buffett is sinking $3 billion into General Electric, whose share prices have slumped a third amid the financial chaos on Wall Street, Reuters reports. Buffet, 78, negotiated a 10% dividend, which could generate $300 million income a year. The move comes a week after he invested $5 billion in Goldman Sachs.http://www.newser.com/story/38927/buffett-grabs-3b-chunk-of-ge.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThu, 02 Oct 2008 1:11:38 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/38751/lehmans-asset-management-arm-sold-on-cheap-for-2b.html?refid=rss_all_defaultTwo private equity firms will acquire Neuberger Berman, the largest and most prestigious component of Lehman Brothers, for $2.15 billion. Bain Capital and Hellman & Friedman will pay in cash for the wealth management firm—an indication of just how stultified credit markets have become. Only a month before Lehman collapsed several potential buyers were considering paying three times as much, reports the Financial Times .http://www.newser.com/story/38751/lehmans-asset-management-arm-sold-on-cheap-for-2b.html?refid=rss_all_defaultTue, 30 Sep 2008 4:37:48 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/38371/wamu-looks-to-private-equity-as-bank-teeters.html?refid=rss_all_defaultWashington Mutual is hoping private equity will save the bank after its efforts to broker a sale to another financial institution came to nothing. Both the Carlyle Group and Blackstone are considering a takeover of WaMu, insiders tell the Wall Street Journal , although a deal is not yet assured. Many banks, from Santander in Spain to JPMorgan Chase and Citibank, have been reluctant to take on WaMu's troubled loans.http://www.newser.com/story/38371/wamu-looks-to-private-equity-as-bank-teeters.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThu, 25 Sep 2008 5:50:28 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/38155/hedge-funds-poised-to-profit-as-banks-shun-risk.html?refid=rss_all_defaultWith the last two large US investment banks going commercial in an effort to stay afloat, private-equity and hedge funds are stepping into the void, the Wall Street Journal reports. Taking on roles previously filled by the likes of Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, hedge funds like Citadel and private-equity groups like Blackstone are "stepping further into the risk-taking fold," the Journal notes, and are positioned to profit handsomely.http://www.newser.com/story/38155/hedge-funds-poised-to-profit-as-banks-shun-risk.html?refid=rss_all_defaultTue, 23 Sep 2008 6:46:53 CDT