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M & A Law Prof Blog
Another Day, Another Asset Manager Files to Go Public
Pzena Investment Management, Inc. today filed an S-1 registration statement to go public. Founded in late 1995, Pzena is, according to its S-1, a value-oriented investment management firm with approximately…
The Right Coast
Blackstone Group IPO Tom Smith
The Blackstone Group has filed its S-1 for its upcoming IPO. It's pretty much the mouth hanging open experience you would expect. 80 Billion USD under management in just about…
M & A Law Prof Blog
Blackstone Drops Mark-to-Market
I had a long plane ride yesterday and took the opportunity to again flip through the latest Blackstone S-1 filing. It is now perfect plane reading -- bound to put…
M & A Law Prof Blog
Blackstone’s Roadshow
Blackstone filed its third amendment to its S-1 yesterday. Blackstone expects to offer 133,333,334 million limited partnership units in an initial range of $29.00 to $31.00 per unit. Its units…
M & A Law Prof Blog
The First U.S. Listed Hedge Fund (Sort of)
Man Group plc, the U.K. based hedge fund operator listed on the London Stock Exchange, has filed a registration statement for an initial public offering of what is being touted…
Legal Profession Blog
Blackstone IPO and Simpson Thatcher
Posted by Jeff LipshawSteven Davidoff at our sister blog M&A Prof Blog has a post on the Blackstone Group IPO, which includes a disclosure in the S-1 that Simpson, Thatcher…
M & A Law Prof Blog
Blackstone, Simpson and Signs of the Apocalypse
Blackstone Group filed their amended S-1 today. Lots of interesting stuff in it; the papers are mostly focusing on the S-1's disclosure of a $3 billion purchase by the Chinese…
Securities Law Prof Blog
China Will Invest in Private Equity Firm
China is going to diversify its portfolio beyond U.S. Treasury bills and make a $3 billion investment in The Blackstone Group. It will make the purchase of non-voting shares as…
M & A Law Prof Blog
More on the Performance of Private Equity IPOs
Dan Primack over at PEHub has a nice post on the performance of private equity (LBO) exit initial public offerings. You can read the full post yourself along with the…
M & A Law Prof Blog
AFL-CIO Opposes Blackstone IPO
The FT is reporting that the AFL-CIO has written the SEC arguing that private equity group Blackstone's planned initial public offering should be halted. According to the Financial Times, "the…