<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - The Dealmakers</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/business/columns/investing/dealmakers?nav=rss_business/columns/investing/dealmakers</link><description>The Dealmakers</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[Carlyle Group Extends Reach Across Pacific]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42155-2005Apr10.html?nav=rss_business/columns/investing/dealmakers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42155-2005Apr10.html?nav=rss_business/columns/investing/dealmakers</guid><pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2005 7:44:28 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[     Carlyle Group  recently raised nearly $100 million for a new Asian real estate fund  --  its first dedicated pool of capital for Asian properties  --  that will bring Carlyle's brand of real estate investing across the Pacific in a major way.]]></description><author> Terence O'Hara</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[McMillen Brings Big Names To New Venture]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5721-2005Mar27.html?nav=rss_business/columns/investing/dealmakers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5721-2005Mar27.html?nav=rss_business/columns/investing/dealmakers</guid><pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2005 7:44:28 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[C.    Thomas McMillen , the former Maryland congressman and peripatetic entrepreneur, is having another go at the homeland security market, and former Homeland Security Department undersecretary    Asa     Hutchinson  and former Sen.    Don Nickles  (R-Okla.) are along for the ride.]]></description><author> Terence O'Hara</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Veteran Bank Entrepreneur Brought On At Fidelity]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32606-2005Mar13.html?nav=rss_business/columns/investing/dealmakers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32606-2005Mar13.html?nav=rss_business/columns/investing/dealmakers</guid><pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2005 7:44:28 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Robert P. Pincus  is at it again.<br>The longtime Washington banker has attached his name and money-raising prowess to    Fidelity & Trust Bank , a 16-month-old commercial bank that Pincus hopes to turn into a significant lender to local business.]]></description><author> Terence O'Hara</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[IBiquity Digital's Make-or-Break Point Approaches]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58846-2005Feb27.html?nav=rss_business/columns/investing/dealmakers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58846-2005Feb27.html?nav=rss_business/columns/investing/dealmakers</guid><pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2005 7:44:28 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[It has been seven years since the first significant venture money poured into iBiquity Digital Corp. and nearly 15 years since the company's founding. For  private equity investors, that's an eternity to wait for a payoff.]]></description><author> Terence O'Hara</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Insight Buyout Offers Hints  At Allied's Changing Strategy]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22034-2005Feb13.html?nav=rss_business/columns/investing/dealmakers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22034-2005Feb13.html?nav=rss_business/columns/investing/dealmakers</guid><pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2005 7:44:28 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Allied Capital Corp.  last month completed one of the biggest buyouts in its history, taking control of the maker of Anacin and Sucrets in a deal Allied officials say is a prime example of where they want to take the old-line Washington business finance company.]]></description><author> Terence O'Hara</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Carlyle Group Prepares for the Next Generation]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50117-2005Jan30.html?nav=rss_business/columns/investing/dealmakers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50117-2005Jan30.html?nav=rss_business/columns/investing/dealmakers</guid><pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2005 7:44:28 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[   Carlyle Group is putting the finishing touches on what will be the biggest independently managed corporate buyout fund in history, a $6.5 billion pile of cash that will probably be the last such fund for Carlyle's three founders.]]></description><author> Terence O'Hara</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Winston Partners Makes Some Noise After a Quiet Year]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14722-2005Jan16.html?nav=rss_business/columns/investing/dealmakers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14722-2005Jan16.html?nav=rss_business/columns/investing/dealmakers</guid><pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2005 7:44:28 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  Winston Partners was notably quiet for more than a year, until last week, when it announced two deals.]]></description><author> Terence O'Hara</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Grotech Hopes to Repeat Success of Long John Silver's]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43495-2005Jan2.html?nav=rss_business/columns/investing/dealmakers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43495-2005Jan2.html?nav=rss_business/columns/investing/dealmakers</guid><pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2005 7:44:28 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Grotech Capital Group Inc.  is getting back into the fish business.]]></description><author> Terence O'Hara</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tracking Signs of a Rebound in Telecom]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12578-2004Dec19.html?nav=rss_business/columns/investing/dealmakers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12578-2004Dec19.html?nav=rss_business/columns/investing/dealmakers</guid><pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2005 7:44:28 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Investing in early-stage telecom companies in the past three years took a strong stomach. But a few local venture investors who  have stuck with the sector are beginning to see signs that the indigestion may have been worth it.]]></description><author> Terence O'Hara</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Huge and Proud of It]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38221-2004Dec5.html?nav=rss_business/columns/investing/dealmakers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38221-2004Dec5.html?nav=rss_business/columns/investing/dealmakers</guid><pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2005 7:44:28 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[New Enterprise Associates is the biggest stand-alone venture capital operation in the world, but industry insiders say the company's girth is a handicap.]]></description><author> Terence O'Hara</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[As Energy Spikes, Coal Company Considers IPO]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3111-2004Nov21.html?nav=rss_business/columns/investing/dealmakers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3111-2004Nov21.html?nav=rss_business/columns/investing/dealmakers</guid><pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2005 7:44:28 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Foundation Coal Holdings Inc. , a coal producer headquartered in an office park near Baltimore-Washington International Airport, has filed to go public. If the offering proceeds as envisioned by its owners, they could make roughly $600 million on a company they have only held since July.]]></description><author> Terence O'Hara</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Carlyle Increases Its Interest in Debt Deals]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33070-2004Nov7.html?nav=rss_business/columns/investing/dealmakers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33070-2004Nov7.html?nav=rss_business/columns/investing/dealmakers</guid><pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2005 7:44:28 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Carlyle Group , among the biggest buyers of private companies, is busily expanding its corporate loan operation.]]></description><author> Terence O'Hara</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Buyout Business Has Changed, and So Has Frederic Malek]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A60009-2004Oct24.html?nav=rss_business/columns/investing/dealmakers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A60009-2004Oct24.html?nav=rss_business/columns/investing/dealmakers</guid><pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2005 7:44:28 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A seemingly small change was recorded last week at    Thayer Capital Partners,  one of the Washington region's biggest and best known corporate buyout firms. In its marketing brochure,    Frederic V. Malek  changed his title to "chairman and founder" from "managing partner," the title he has held since he formed Thayer in 1993.]]></description><author> Terence O'Hara</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[CapitalSource's Especially Warm Reception]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22981-2004Oct10.html?nav=rss_business/columns/investing/dealmakers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22981-2004Oct10.html?nav=rss_business/columns/investing/dealmakers</guid><pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2005 7:44:28 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Investor conferences put on by public companies tend to be upbeat affairs. That was indeed the case at    CapitalSource Inc. 's annual presentation to research analysts. About 125 people -- mostly the youngish, mathy types who follow financial service companies for Wall Street -- were crammed into the Fairmont hotel in Foggy Bottom to listen to a procession of crisp, data-laden speeches about CapitalSource.]]></description><author> Terence O'Hara</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bass Family Still Fiddling With Fieldstone]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52786-2004Sep26.html?nav=rss_business/columns/investing/dealmakers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52786-2004Sep26.html?nav=rss_business/columns/investing/dealmakers</guid><pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2005 7:44:28 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Fieldstone Mortgage  has in recent years become one of the largest independent mortgage lenders in the country. But even though it is based in Columbia, you've probably never heard of it unless you're a customer.]]></description><author> Terrence O'Hara</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Big Guns Aim To Finance  Security Sector]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17087-2004Sep12.html?nav=rss_business/columns/investing/dealmakers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17087-2004Sep12.html?nav=rss_business/columns/investing/dealmakers</guid><pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2005 7:44:28 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Bear, Stearns & Co. 's merchant banking unit has teamed up with an Arlington buyout shop,    GlobeSecNine , and committed $300 million to do leveraged buyouts in the homeland security sector.]]></description><author> Terence O'Hara</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Arlington Capital Enters New Phase]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45364-2004Aug29.html?nav=rss_business/columns/investing/dealmakers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45364-2004Aug29.html?nav=rss_business/columns/investing/dealmakers</guid><pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2005 7:44:28 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Arlington Capital Partners , the Washington buyout group formed in 1999 by retired Bell Atlantic Corp. chief executive    Raymond W. Smith  and    Paul G. Stern , a private equity veteran, recently began raising its second, $500 million buyout fund.]]></description><author> Terence O'Hara</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Finding Security in Consolidation]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3983-2004Aug15.html?nav=rss_business/columns/investing/dealmakers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3983-2004Aug15.html?nav=rss_business/columns/investing/dealmakers</guid><pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2005 7:44:28 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[GlobalSecure Holdings Ltd. , a District-based private-equity investment firm that has bought three homeland security companies in the past year, last week wrapped up raising $23.5 million. Armed with this cash, it's aggressively searching for more companies in this field.]]></description><author> Terrence O'Hara</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Startec Investor Shows Patience]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33181-2004Aug1.html?nav=rss_business/columns/investing/dealmakers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33181-2004Aug1.html?nav=rss_business/columns/investing/dealmakers</guid><pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2005 7:44:28 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Patience isn't a well-cultivated virtue in the telecommunications business. During the late-1990s boom in data processing, networking and fiber optics, dozens of private equity investors invested billions of dollars in budding telecommunications companies. Some made money early on. Most lost their shirts. Few were in it for the long haul.]]></description><author> Terence O'Hara</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Davco's Unusual Security Takes Its Cues From Canada]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A60618-2004Jul18.html?nav=rss_business/columns/investing/dealmakers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A60618-2004Jul18.html?nav=rss_business/columns/investing/dealmakers</guid><pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2005 7:44:28 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The country's largest franchisee of Wendy's restaurants, Maryland's    Davco Restaurants , plans to go public this year by issuing an exotic, new type of security -- if the Securities and Exchange Commission allows it.]]></description><author> Terence O'Hara</author></item></channel></rss>