Quote Originally Posted by Chinman View Post
why not google the company's like i just did. BMC was bought by a group of private equity groups including Bain Capital [[remember Mitt Romney). their history is to rip companies apart and make huge amounts of money in fees and then let them go.
http://money.cnn.com/2013/05/06/tech...are/index.html
Compuware is safe now, but just stay diligent. Karmanos, who stepped down from board of directors says that the company should stay true to the commmunity, has no say any more.
I think your perspective on private equity is, shall we say, a little bit off.

They take distressed companies, pump a substantial amount of capital and resources into them, and attempt to sell them, prepare them for IPO, etc. in an effort to provide an ROI to the fund managers. They don't charge "fees" because they own the company itself.