Get Rich or Dry Trying?
02/28/18 • 25 min
Ed Hammond and New York bureau chief Jason Kelly are joined by private equity reporter Melissa Mittelman to discuss the challenges facing the buyout industry as it looks to put $1.7 trillion of dry powder to work in a deal market characterized by record high valuations and M&A-hungry corporations. The three look at big existential questions, such as: can private equity funds continue as financial engineers or must they morph into savvy operations, are we nearing an era of ill-disciplined buying, and when will Warren Buffett stop complaining and start acquiring? Finally, Jason and Ed focus on Qualcomm's social media efforts to fend off Broadcom's $117 billion takeover offer.
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Ed Hammond and New York bureau chief Jason Kelly are joined by private equity reporter Melissa Mittelman to discuss the challenges facing the buyout industry as it looks to put $1.7 trillion of dry powder to work in a deal market characterized by record high valuations and M&A-hungry corporations. The three look at big existential questions, such as: can private equity funds continue as financial engineers or must they morph into savvy operations, are we nearing an era of ill-disciplined buying, and when will Warren Buffett stop complaining and start acquiring? Finally, Jason and Ed focus on Qualcomm's social media efforts to fend off Broadcom's $117 billion takeover offer.
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Deal of the Week - Get Rich or Dry Trying?
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Welcome to Deal of the Week, blue Bergs podcast on the world of mergers and acquisitions. I'm Ed Hammond, your host, and I'm joined again by Jason Kelly, are bureau chief here in New York adjacent. Today we are focusing on dry powder, which is sort of the topic to ju. There is a lot being written at the moment about the private equity industry and how much do they have. I think this figure that you spoke very eloquently about yesterday, there's o
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