The Big Picture

JANUARY 24, 2023

And what was interesting was the first leveraged buyout of a public company happened when I was in graduate school. KLINSKY: In 1979, it was the first leveraged buyout of a public company. We had sold the family business, maybe buy another family business one day through a leveraged buyout. KLINSKY: Yeah.

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The Big Picture

JANUARY 20, 2023

Some see closures as a corrective to American over-malling, spurred not so much by consumerism as by changes in tax law that made malls a low-risk cash bonanza for builders via depreciation write-offs. He believes maybe 150 will survive the next decade. Tampa Bay Times ) • Is Michael Platt the Highest Earner in Finance?

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 20, 2024

The turnaround attempt isn't working out, and management has reportedly talked to private equity firm Sycamore about a leveraged buyout. Investors may worry about lower bottom-line earnings, but that's arguably just a smart tax-avoidance strategy. billion of long-term debt.

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Private Equity Wire

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Knowledgeable early-stage entrepreneurs and investors understand the tradeoffs associated with alternative structures and regularly consider whether to organize US businesses as C corporations, thereby creating the possibility of issuing stock that may later qualify for QSBS treatment from the start, or in tax pass through form.

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The Big Picture

JANUARY 19, 2023

Prior to founding New Mountain Capital in 1999, he was co-founder of the Leverage Buyout Group of Goldman Sachs, where he did $3+ billion of transactions before joining Forstmann Little as a partner, where he oversaw $10+ billion in capital. —the sentiment shifts, and so you’ve seen negative sentiment creep into the market.

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The Big Picture

DECEMBER 10, 2024

One, two, there was a theory that these businesses had volatile cash flows and therefore couldn’t be leveraged, which was the, you know, the whole point of leveraged buyouts. If you didn’t understand how the semiconductor worked, if you didn’t understand how the software was built.

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Private Equity Wire

JANUARY 7, 2025

Now, private equity firms are seeking permission to directly tap tax-deferred defined contribution plans, such as 401(k)s, for investments in leveraged buyouts, private loans, and illiquid real estate deals.

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The Big Picture

JUNE 20, 2023

Let’s talk about tax loopholes. How on earth is there still a carried interest tax loophole for private equity, hedge funds, and venture capital? Cut my taxes in half, where do I sign up for that? It’s corporate tax avoidance. RITHOLTZ: Really interesting. Why the special treatment?

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