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Private Market Plays All-Too-Familiar 'Waiting Game'

October 10, 2008 - It was another quiet week in the U.S. private placement market, as price uncertainty kept issuer's on the sidelines. As of Thursday afternoon, not a single deal had priced, and not a single new one had launched. Of course, there are a lot of good reasons for this, most notably the $700 billion U.S. government bail-out package which has been bouncing back and forth between the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate for more…

Private Market Runs Hot…For Now, at Least

March 5, 2008 - There are currently no less than eight placements circulating in the market, some of which launched last week, others that launched earlier and are still in the market. That represents a significant increase in activity compared to most of the past two months. But as volatile as the overall market has been this year, no one knows how long this level of activity will continue...

Mid-Winter Thaw?

February 11, 2008 - Last week was the first full week back from the private placement conference in Boca Raton, Fla., and the market seemed to open up a bit. At least two deals priced, and as of Friday there were at least four live private placements circulating...

Wall Street Goes Blue

February 11, 2008 - There's an interesting little article in today's Financial Times that says in 2007 Wall Street (the securities industry) donated more money to Democratic presidential candidates than to Republicans...