Leon Black

Type: Person

Name: Leon Black

First reported 6 hours ago - Updated 6 hours ago - 2 reports

Apollo Beats KKR to Carlyle After Stock Rally: Riskless Return

May 22 (Bloomberg) -- Apollo Global Management LLC is the top-performing stock among publicly traded alternative-asset managers as Chief Executive Officer Leon Black demonstrates that reaping gains from buyout holdings while raising new investment funds ... [Published La Repubblica - 6 hours ago]

Entities: Carlyle (United States), Buyout, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co, The Blackstone Group LP

First reported 16 hours ago - Updated 14 hours ago - 1 reports

Oaktree Capital Group LLC

Oaktree founders could reap up to $80 million each in stock sale

Oaktree Capital LLC,the world's largest distressed debt investor, said its twofounders could each receive as much as $79.9 million in asecondary offering of its shares if the firm clears net proceedsof $367.6 million. In a regulatory filing late on Monday, ... [Published Reuters - 16 hours ago]

Entities: Howard Marks, Stocks, Joshua Harris, Oaktree Capital Group LLC, Leon Black

First reported 18 hours ago - Updated 18 hours ago - 1 reports

Raley

in Luling.He died on May 17, in Garwood. He was the son of Robert Davis and Mabel Shuck Raley. He attended High School in Bowie, where he was a standout in many sports. He went on to attend The University of Texas. While at Texas, he played and lettered ... [Published Colorado County Citizen - 18 hours ago]

Entities: Garwood (United States), Danny Hughes, Elizabeth Smith

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Music Fest off and running at the beach

Live camera view from MTVMusic Fest Kicks Off in Gulf Shores, AL 0 commentsIn just the fourth year of its young evolution, the 2013 version of the beachfront Hangout Music Fest is proving itself to be one of the nation's premier festival events. With ... [Published Gulf Coast News Today - May 17 2013]

Entities: MTV Networks, Leon Black, Tom Petty, Stevie Wonder

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Black Opts Out Of Apollo Insider Stock Sale

While Apollo Global Management LLC may be “selling everything that’s not nailed down” as buyout king Leon Black said recently, the co-founder of the marquee private equity firm held on to all of his roughly $2.5 billion worth of Class A shares in a recent ... [Published Venture Capital Journal - May 17 2013]

Entities: Leon Black, Insider, Apollo Global Management, Buyout, Private Equity

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

TXU Corporation

Stars are aligning for resurgence of buyout boom

Cheap debt and easy loan terms like those available now typically set the stage for the return of the megaleveraged buyouts, but market participants are divided over what kinds of opportunities are likely to arise.Even so, some industry insiders say big ... [Published Preqin - May 17 2013]

Entities: Buyout, Leon Black, Private Equity, TXU Corporation

First reported May 08 2013 - Updated May 08 2013 - 3 reports

Reuters – Apollo Investors and Founders to Sell Shares

Apollo Global Management ‘s cornerstone investors and two of its founders are selling a slice of their shares, writes Reuters. Cornerstone investors Abu Dhabi Investment Authority and California Public Employees’ Retirement System , which invested ... [Published PE Hub News - May 08 2013]

Entities: Joshua Harris, Leon Black, Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, Apollo Global Management, California Public Employees' Retirement System

First reported May 06 2013 - Updated May 06 2013 - 5 reports

Strong Markets, Asset Sales Boost Equity Firm Apollo

Posted 02:43 PM ETA rising stock market boosted the value of holdings of Apollo Global Management (APO) in the first quarter. The private equity firm also took advantage of that market strength to sell some of its investments, helping it deliver its strongest ... [Published Investors Business Daily - May 06 2013]

Entities: Boost, Private Equity, Leon Black, LyondellBasell Industries, Charter Communications Inc

First reported May 06 2013 - Updated May 06 2013 - 2 reports

Apollo's Leon Black: The Smart Money Is "Selling Everything That Is Not Nailed Down"

When a sell-side strategist says 'buying opportunity of a lifetime', we know there will be another right around the corner even if we rally 10%; when one of the largest buy-side firms believes "this is an almost biblical opportunity to reap gains and ... [Published Zero Hedge - May 06 2013]

Entities: Leon Black, Milken Institute

First reported May 06 2013 - Updated May 06 2013 - 2 reports

Leon Black Is In Hardcore Sell Mode Right Now

I ♥ WSJ MoneyBeat Hot Links: Luckiest Village on Earth See Also I didn't get a lot of news from the Milken Institute this past week, doesn't seem like there's a lot of discussion about finance or markets there anymore. But column at Barron's this weekend ... [Published Business Insider - May 06 2013]

Entities: Leon Black, Apollo Group Inc, Milken Institute, Apollo Global Management

First reported May 03 2013 - Updated May 03 2013 - 3 reports

Waiting for bond bubble to pop

Low interest rates have sparked a lending bonanza. The bond bubble keeps getting bigger, and investors are getting nervous. Junk bond yields have never been this low. And the Federal Reserve’s moves have helped make it a great time to be a borrower. ... [Published AdBanks.net - May 03 2013]

Entities: Leon Black, Federal Reserve System, Financial Crisis

First reported Apr 30 2013 - Updated Apr 30 2013 - 2 reports

LEON BLACK: The Market Is Pricey, 'So We're Selling Everything That's Not Nailed Down'

Finance giant Leon Black spoke at the "New Directions in Private Equity" talk at the ongoing Milken Institute Global Conference.Steve Case, the founder of AOL, tweeted this bearish quote from Black:"Market is pricey...great time to sell...so we're selling ... [Published Business Insider - Apr 30 2013]

Entities: Leon Black, Market, Steve Case, Milken Institute

Quotes

"conventional private-equity is a wonderful business in certain environments, but there are a lot of environments where, frankly, it doesn't work right" said Leon Black, chairman and chief executive of Apollo Global Management LLC, at an investor conference last year

Private-Equity Firms Build Instead of Buy [Published Yahoo! Finance - May 15 2013]

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The Great Divide. [Published London Irvine Report - May 08 2013] br />!--[if gte mso 9]><![endif]--> Baltic Dry Index. 889 +11 LIR Gold Target by 2019: $30,000. Revised due to QE programs. In Europe, the unthinkable has happened. Breaking up the euro has gone mainstream. In Germany, a new anti-euro ...
Apollo Scores Record Q1 Profit on Asset Sales [Published PE Hub Blog - May 06 2013] (Reuters) - Apollo Global Management LLC reported a 72 percent increase in first-quarter profit, its best quarterly results as a publicly listed alternative asset manager, as it took advantage of favorable capital markets to exit investments. Shares ...
Apollo's Leon Black: The Smart Money Is "Sellin... [Published Zero Hedge - May 06 2013] When a sell-side strategist says 'buying opportunity of a lifetime', we know there will be another right around the corner even if we rally 10%; when one of the largest buy-side firms believes "this is an almost biblical opportunity to reap gains and ...
Apollo's Leon Black: The Smart Money Is "Sellin... [Published Zero Hedge - May 06 2013] When a sell-side strategist says 'buying opportunity of a lifetime', we know there will be another right around the corner even if we rally 10%; when one of the largest buy-side firms believes "this is an almost biblical opportunity to reap gains and ...
Leon Black Is In Hardcore Sell Mode Right Now [Published Clusterstock - May 06 2013] I didn't get a lot of news from the Milken Institute this past week, doesn't seem like there's a lot of discussion about finance or markets there anymore. But Randall Forsyth's Up & Down Wall Street column at Barron's this weekend manages to contextualize ...

Press Releases

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Leveraged Finance Community Unites to Support M... [Published Business Wire - May 13 2013]
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