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See http://www.ft.com/servicestools/help/terms#legal1 for the terms and conditions of reuse.client.support@ft.com (Client Support)Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:03:16 +0000Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:03:33 +0000Newspapers15http://news.ft.com/cms/d1f3ce1a-6bbe-11da-bb53-0000779e2340.gifhttp://www.ft.com/lex/alternative(PICS-1.1 "http://www.classify.org/safesurf/" L gen true for "http://www.ft.com/" r (SS~~000 1))http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/3/fc5aca3e-d5b7-11de-b80f-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Flex%2Falternativehttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/3/fc5aca3e-d5b7-11de-b80f-00144feabdc0.htmlThe age of transparency is upon the private equity firm whose third-quarter results are its first since its merger with its Amsterdam listed co-investorFri, 20 Nov 2009 22:03:16 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/3/c21c5a9a-d292-11de-af63-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Flex%2Falternativehttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/3/c21c5a9a-d292-11de-af63-00144feabdc0.htmlBy helping out their investors, TPG encourages them to stay on the hook for future fundsMon, 16 Nov 2009 20:00:15 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/3/7e216148-d038-11de-a8db-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Flex%2Falternativehttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/3/7e216148-d038-11de-a8db-00144feabdc0.htmlHedge funds specialising in shorting have been suffering this year, but they have just had their best month Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:20:40 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/3/ca732146-cf6e-11de-b876-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Flex%2Falternativehttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/3/ca732146-cf6e-11de-b876-00144feabdc0.htmlA 1p-per-share dividend awaits investors in 3i, the UK's oldest private equity company Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:36:52 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/3/15d3153c-c23c-11de-be3a-00144feab49a.html?o=%2Frss%2Flex%2Falternativehttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/3/15d3153c-c23c-11de-be3a-00144feab49a.htmlThe most basic rule of business may be about to net the founder and majority shareholder of the UK discount store chain a big reward Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:52:27 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/3/92a61508-b4e7-11de-8b17-00144feab49a.html?o=%2Frss%2Flex%2Falternativehttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/3/92a61508-b4e7-11de-8b17-00144feab49a.htmlNext week a London fair tests confidence and whether the precipitous plunge in prices is bottoming outFri, 9 Oct 2009 22:28:27 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/3/b44957fe-b656-11de-8a28-00144feab49a.html?o=%2Frss%2Flex%2Falternativehttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/3/b44957fe-b656-11de-8a28-00144feab49a.htmlPotential investors might watch the film The Producers and note that Hollywood accounting has an infamous historyFri, 9 Oct 2009 22:25:19 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/3/e5ff6bba-b4dc-11de-8b17-00144feab49a.html?o=%2Frss%2Flex%2Falternativehttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/3/e5ff6bba-b4dc-11de-8b17-00144feab49a.htmlPotential investors might watch the film The Producers and note that Hollywood accounting has an infamous historyFri, 9 Oct 2009 22:25:19 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/3/5a324f86-b189-11de-a271-00144feab49a.html?o=%2Frss%2Flex%2Falternativehttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/3/5a324f86-b189-11de-a271-00144feab49a.htmlThis expected deal is a shadow of those from just a few years ago, but it is a sign the private equity industry is continuing its slow reboundMon, 5 Oct 2009 20:35:32 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/3/9163094a-ae65-11de-8464-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Flex%2Falternativehttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/3/9163094a-ae65-11de-8464-00144feabdc0.htmlThe partial Dutch IPO of the private equity group marks the start of their European reconnaissance missionThu, 1 Oct 2009 23:00:53 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/3/bd6e9812-a751-11de-9467-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Flex%2Falternativehttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/3/bd6e9812-a751-11de-9467-00144feabdc0.htmlWhile other sovereign wealth funds talk a good deal, China Investment Corp does themTue, 22 Sep 2009 23:02:58 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/3/45af4014-a752-11de-9467-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Flex%2Falternativehttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/3/45af4014-a752-11de-9467-00144feabdc0.htmlThe shadow banking system is reviving more quickly than the real one as non-banks start doing what banks are supposed to do Tue, 22 Sep 2009 22:42:32 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/3/520d9d8c-a42e-11de-92d4-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Flex%2Falternativehttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/3/520d9d8c-a42e-11de-92d4-00144feabdc0.htmlTransatlantic marriages of convenience are alive and well in the real estate marketFri, 18 Sep 2009 22:51:03 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/3/f767fc80-9edb-11de-8013-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Flex%2Falternativehttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/3/f767fc80-9edb-11de-8013-00144feabdc0.htmlFor all their footloose talk, it seems European hedge funds are more reluctant to leave London than they had let onFri, 11 Sep 2009 20:16:33 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/3/776626f8-9150-11de-879d-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Flex%2Falternativehttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/3/776626f8-9150-11de-879d-00144feabdc0.htmlIt was supposed to provide a lucrative outlet for global buy-out groups, but the supposed promised land is proving hard to crackTue, 25 Aug 2009 22:26:51 +0100