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To: Paul Senior who wrote (19191)	5/9/2004 12:29:46 AM
From: Grommit	of 78669

There is an article in "the economist" magazine April 24 page 78 on the recent public offerings of private-equite firms. The speak of Apollo, KKR, Blackstone, Keslo and Evercore. They mention the old hands ALD, ACAS. They criticize Apollo's high management fees and incentive fees. "none of this seems to have deterred investors" they say. The are critical of the capabilities of the new firms. They also mention that a lot less money has been raised by private-equity funds (so there should be room for the additional firms, but they mention that the industry has matured so that hitting "a home run" on an investment is much harder now. also see: bdcinvestor.com Thre's a lot of opinion expressed the the fine magazine articel and I am sure that I have not covered it all, or may have misstated some of it. economist.com Hang on to your wallet or dig very deep to know what you are getting into.

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