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Kelly Holman

Night Of The PE Dead?

September 28, 2009 - A quick scan of the headlines across the pond and in the U.S. indicates that new deals are being struck and while the LBO industry isn't exactly vibrant, it isn't in its final throes.

Advent Keen On Women's Fashion

August 24, 2009 - What is it about trendy juniors' apparel that intrigues private equity firms, or perhaps more specifically (given the latest deal in the retail space) Advent International?

Mergers: The Next Fall TV Drama?

August 19, 2009 - A New York cabby and ex-derivatives trader has high hopes to air a TV drama about the business of mergers and acquisitions.

Pass The Chinese Please!

August 18, 2009 - The Blackstone Group's first page of its news release about the launch of its new $732 million (5 billion Renminbi-denominated) private equity fund was written entirely in Chinese.

A Glint In The PE Cloud?

August 6, 2009 - This week's IPO of Avago Technologies should give private equity firms a reason to be hopeful.

PE's Forecast

June 15, 2009 - If the clouds would just go away for more than a day, perhaps the summer will arrive in time to give dealmakers a break from the M&A industry’s perfect storm.

Starting Small May Lead To Something Big

May 5, 2009 - Despite the ever-mushrooming number of independent M&A advisory boutiques, it doesn’t take a genius to realize that the middle-market dealmaking landscape has changed.

It's A Joke, Right?

April 16, 2009 - How can the consortium offer for GM's Saturn Distribution Corp., announced by a mysterious private equity firm named Black Oak Partners, be taken seriously?

Private Equity Under New Law

March 31, 2009 - It’s about time we had more rules to govern the U.S. financial system—but every corner of it?

Green Savings

March 4, 2009 - Kohlberg Kravis Roberts should be lauded for saving $16.4 million through environmental initiatives at three portfolio companies, but that doesn't mean KKR portfolio company Energy Future Holdings isn't sitting under a dark financial cloud of its own because, well, it is.

Beer, Anyone?

February 24, 2009 - The summer baseball season hasn’t arrived yet, but that doesn’t mean an ice-cold beer still doesn’t have plenty of appeal in the meantime. Satiating the thirst for beer, it turns out, can be a pretty compelling proposition at just about any time of the year.

Defendant Blackstone

February 2, 2009 - Defendant Blackstone. That’s how The Blackstone Group is being labeled in the new lawsuit filed by the publisher of the Financial Times.

Luxury Out Of Fashion

January 23, 2009 - If press reports about Barneys offer any indication, Istithmar seems to have got the drift of where luxury is heading: down the tubes.

Deal Pros Remain Active

January 20, 2009 - Thankfully, the investment bankers and private equity executives who make up the ranks of the deal community aren’t following the example set by legendary boxer Oscar de la Hoya in his bid to unseat pugilist Manny 'Pac-Man' Pacquiao last month.

Slow Dealmaking Leads To Bigger Problems

December 16, 2008 - It would be easy to point at the big deal-focused private equity firms behind the collapsed buyouts of BCE and Huntsman as the latest victims of the mega-deal or multi-billion-dollar transaction era, or the case that middle-market dealmakers are far better situated to deal with the current economic downturn.