Jonathan Marino

More IPO projections coming along, possibly to brighten VCs’ day The kids are all right—and they will be, for some time  Dealbook’s Deal Professor questions PE’s overseas zeal If Office Depot is bought out, these folks stand to benefit the most If you can’t inside-trade anymore, reading tweets looks like a solid backup plan  And […]

This fall, the GOP won back the U.S. House of Representatives, snagged several Senate seats and assumed control of more state legislatures than at any time since 1928. Now, judges in red states are calling the constitutionality of ObamaCare into question and Republican lawmakers are pledging to take down the landmark healthcare bill, either piecemeal […]

Deal: Citi’s infrastructure arm strikes Australian ports deal with DP World Deal (the cards): Greenlight’s Einhorn knows when to hold ‘em, when to fold ‘em Headhunting: KKR snaps up HSBC vet Gassing up: Strategic buyers keep digging into the Marcellus Shale Got salvation?: Paging Sidney Harman

We’re going to help a friend out here, everyone go ahead and fill out this survey—we’ll also be reporting the results back to you next month A little late, Harvard: but hopefully the next Gates/Zuckerberg won’t pass you up App developers are going to have to start thinking about getting into Bill Gates’ client base now Eleven Blackstone employees have a little something extra to celebrate this holiday season Texas and Florida get a political boost courtesy of the 2010 Census and NY and Ohio lose points Was Yukon Cornelius was on to something? Had he employed a buy-and-hold strategy with his part-time mining partner Herbie, he'd be sitting pretty today Krush loads up on cash If you’ve got European colleagues, you might want to give them a second option for Christmas dinner—it isn’t very likely they’ll all make it home for the holidays

Limited partners are again prying open their checkbooks, but they are looking to take capital to middle market funds in greater numbers these days, according to an annual Probitas Partners survey conducted across a group of 183 institutional LPs. More respondents said next year they are likely to back middle market buyout funds ranging in size from $500 million to $2.5 billion and small market funds of up to $500 million (46% and 37%, respectively) than institutional LPs that were looking to invest with $2.5 billion to $5 billion funds and mega-LBO firms pushing funds of $5 billion and up (a paltry nine and five percent, respectively).

MeLLmo, a fast-growing maker of mobile business apps, announced this morning that it has raised $10 million from a group of private investors. The San Diego-based company, whose key application is called Roambi, did not disclose the names of its investors. It has a total of $20 million since its formation in 2008. Santiago Becerra, […]

Roubini’s a black swan with a view now… and, a garden, apparently Net neutrality will likely get the OK Carlyle’s Rubenstein dismisses IPO chatter, talks up China AOL Ventures and True Ventures score big quick with About.me If you think those are expensive, you should’ve tried to get courtside for last Friday’s Knicks-Heat game

Despite the lowest level of M&A in Europe in seven years and a disappointing fourth quarter, global dealmaking substantially outpaced last year’s volume, according to Thomson Reuters M&A review released Friday. However, the pace of deals for the fourth quarter will likely be a disappointment to experts predicting a year-end flurry of activity set to […]

John Malfettone quietly departed Oak Hill Capital Management after a six-year stint and Jon Zagrodzky, a relative newcomer to the fund, has stepped into roles that were previously occupied by him, peHub has learned. Malfettone joined Oak Hill in 2004 and served as a partner, chief operating office and chief compliance officer with the firm. […]

Some PE pros will have a little something extra under the tree this year, according to a survey of private equity professionals. “Bonuses are back, and they are back in a big way, said David Kochanek, publisher of the “2011 Private Equity Compensation Report,” a comprehensive survey of private equity firms that included Kayne Anderson […]