Posts Tagged ‘IPO’

BankUnited Files for a $300m IPO

Posted on November 2, 2010, 10:12 am, by Kendra, under Industry News.

Private equity-owned BankUnited filed for an IPO to raise up to $300 million.
Source Article:
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-10-29/carlyle-group-s-bankunited-files-for-300-million-initial-public-offering.html

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Private Equity - Process Overview

Posted on September 29, 2009, 11:40 am, by Andy, under Uncategorized.

For each fund under management, private equity firms cycle through a multi-staged process of:

Fund raising from limited partners
Portfolio acquisition search
Investment
Growth
Divestment
Dispersal of funds back to limited partners

Fund Raising
Most private equity firms raise capital for a fund through investments made by limited partners - typically pensions, endowments, institutional funds, and high [...]

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