All GLG News Analyses Filed Under: Investment Banking & Commercial Finance

1) Soon - if not immediately the rush to public capital will create the rush of public officials into the Private Equity firm. 2) There are monster companies out there with very little public oversite or regulation... how long will this last?

The importance of the merger and combine forces will definitly increase the strength of the bot companies the combined company will have one of the largest carbon nanotube patent portfolios in the industry. According to Arrowhead, the combined company would help Unidym get its first products to market...

1. Subprime Mortgage Market is a threat to both the Broker/Dealer and Individual Investor marketplace. 2.Many Broker/Dealers will be under close supervision by the Regulatory Entities , as a matter of cause, for their Selling Practices. 3. The investing public is, now, subject to the loss of Capital...

The buyers, headed by private equity firms J. C. Flowers & Co. and Friedman, Fleischer & Lowe LLC along with Bank of America and JP Morgan Chase, are claiming that new Congressional legislation adversely changes the deal and they are prepared to back out. Sallie Mae (SLM) strongly disagrees...

Implications: Private equity firms raised over $64 billion during the week of the 4th of July and during the first half of the year raised more than $240 billion, which places them on target to surpass last year's record of $459 billion and positions private equity as a major player in future M&A...

Implications: In 2006 the amount of capital raised worldwide by companies going public rose to a record $246 billion. The number of listings also moved upwards to 1,729 IPOs, which is the highest number since 2000. China's companies raised the most capital at $56.6 billion, followed by U.S. companies...

On June 26, the Advocate General to the Dutch Supreme Court announced the results of his analysis of the appeal by ABN AMRO (NYS:ABN), Barclays (NYS:BCS), and Bank of America (NYS:BAC) regarding a lower court's mandate that the B of A - LaSalle deal be submitted to a shareholder vote by ABN AMRO. The...

The fallout from the subprime mortgage market has been continually underplayed by the Federal Reserve Chairman. However, as the hangover from the mortgage origination party begins to settle in, the long-term impact is being felt across the financial sectors, and not just exclusively within the Mortgage...

The recent round of hiring by large private equity firms has targeted senior banking executives, which is adding a new wrinkle to the multi-billion $ investments in financial services firms or their key vendors by these firms. Executives from Bank of America, JP Morgan Chase, Mercantile Bank, and Hartford...

Key Implications: Nuveen Investments Board of Directors accepted an "all cash" buyout bid from Madison Dearborn Partners for $6.3 billion. The deal is touted as a "growth buyout" for Nuveen, who's net income rose 10% in 2006, to $187.7 million. Madison Dearborn typically leaves existing management in...