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Blackstone's public ‘currency’ is helping the firm expand

INTELLIGENCE 2008-03-01 Staff Writer <b>Platinum Equity CFO lands outside PE</b><br />Bill Foltz, the one-time CFO of Los Angeles-based Platinum Equity, now serves as CFO for Gorilla Nation, an online ad rep firm. Before this latest move, Foltz was a partner and managing principal at Sports

Elevator assets 2008-03-01 Staff Writer Private equity GPs have always been aware that their most important assets go down the elevator each night. Today they are waking up to the reality that in order to stay competitive, the firm elevator is going to have to transport many, many more such assets, and of an

Ten years ago, Tuck School of Business began offering a private equity elective course as part of its two-year MBA program. Today the program has expanded with supplementary courses and placement programs. Private Equity Manager spoke recently with Tuck's Colin Blaydon about training the next generation of private equity leaders.

The people have clicked 2008-03-01 Staff Writer The next three pages include excerpts from an anonymous audience poll conducted in January at the annual North American Private Equity COOs and CFOs Forum, held in New York and sponsored by Private Equity Manager. The roughly 300 delegates were overwhelmingly p

Even with the boom in fundraising, private equity talent remains a rare commodity. Hiring today's rainmakers and tomorrow's headliners takes more than the highest offer, though that certainly helps. By Simon Francis and Christopher Conti, Christian & Timbers

Tracking the performance of private equity professionals requires carefully established motives and methodologies. By Catherine Brown, Apax Partners*

It's hard to say good-bye, and it's even harder if a firm does not have prenegotiated exit path for a departing partner. At stake are several forms of economics, the reputation of the firm, and sometimes the survival of the partnership. By Wanching Leong

Each private equity firm has its own model of compensating and incentivizing operating partners. Central to all these models is a powerful motivator –equity. By Wanching Leong. With contribution from David Snow and Rob Kotecki

IN-HOUSE PROFILE 2008-03-01 Staff Writer Career path: Heard joined Abingworth in 2006 from Intel Capital, the venture capital investment arm of Intel Corporation, where he was European legal counsel. Prior to this, Heard was an associate at the international financial law practice, H