Private equity firms

Banks extending more credit to PE. Will they regret it?

10/30/19

Bank and other lenders are said to have poured hundreds of billions of dollars into financing private-equity firms and their investment deals in recent years. Defaults have been low, but an economic slowdown could put these relationships to the test.

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Warren bill takes aim at private equity 'vampires'

07/18/19

A centerpiece of her “economic patriotism” bill is to transform private equity firms, which she said will buy a company and bleed it dry before “walking away enriched even as the company succumbs.”

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5 pros and cons of Ellie Mae going private

02/13/19

The private equity acquisition of fintech vendor Ellie Mae will give it some breathing room in a declining originations market being owned a more patient and strategic investor rather than shareholders as a publicly traded company.

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Mortgage fintech Ellie Mae to go private in $3.7B deal with Thoma Bravo

02/12/19

The mortgage loan origination system developer Ellie Mae is going private, agreeing to be acquired by the private equity firm Thoma Bravo in an all-cash transaction valued at $3.7 billion.

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Private equity firm acquires financial software provider

05/21/18

Sageworks, a financial services software firm that provides institutions with lending and risk solutions, is being sold to Silicon Valley-based Accel-KKR.

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SVB is riding the tech wave to record profits. Can it last?

05/15/18

Equity warrants. Capital calls. Off-balance-sheet accounts. SVB's unusual business model thrives on financing rainmakers and cutting-edge firms, but old-school issues like overconcentration, unpredictable fee income and stock market swings lurk in the background.

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