Private equity (PE) is capital stock in a private company that does not offer stock to the general public. In the field of finance,private equity is offered instead to specialized investment funds and limited partnerships that take an active role in the management and structuring of the companies. In casual usage,"private equity" can refer to these investment firms rather than the companies that they invest in.
Frank Alo LoBiondo is an American businessman and politician who served as the U.S. representative for New Jersey's 2nd congressional district from 1995 to 2019. He is a member of the Republican Party. He represented all of Atlantic,Cape May,Cumberland and Salem Counties and parts of Camden,Gloucester,Burlington,and Ocean Counties. In November 2017,LoBiondo announced that he would retire from Congress at the end of his term,and did not seek re-election in 2018.
Preferred stock is a component of share capital that may have any combination of features not possessed by common stock,including properties of both an equity and a debt instrument,and is generally considered a hybrid instrument. Preferred stocks are senior to common stock but subordinate to bonds in terms of claim and may have priority over common stock in the payment of dividends and upon liquidation. Terms of the preferred stock are described in the issuing company's articles of association or articles of incorporation.
In corporate finance,capital structure refers to the mix of various forms of external funds,known as capital,used to finance a business. It consists of shareholders' equity,debt,and preferred stock,and is detailed in the company's balance sheet. The larger the debt component is in relation to the other sources of capital,the greater financial leverage the firm is said to have. Too much debt can increase the risk of the company and reduce its financial flexibility,which at some point creates concern among investors and results in a greater cost of capital. Company management is responsible for establishing a capital structure for the corporation that makes optimal use of financial leverage and holds the cost of capital as low as possible.
James Manuel Costa is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for California's 21st congressional district since 2023,previously representing the 20th congressional district from 2005 to 2013 and the 16th congressional district from 2013 to 2023. A member of the Democratic Party,his district includes most of Fresno.
Deborah J. Glick is a member of the New York State Assembly representing the 66th Assembly District in Lower Manhattan,including the neighborhoods of Alphabet City,Greenwich Village,Noho,SoHo,the East Village,the West Village,Tribeca,and Battery Park City. She is a Democrat.
A vulture fund is a hedge fund,private-equity fund or distressed debt fund,that invests in debt considered to be very weak or in default,known as distressed securities. Investors in the fund profit by buying debt at a discounted price on a secondary market and then using numerous methods to subsequently sell the debt for a larger amount than the purchasing price. Debtors include companies,countries,and individuals.
Elizabeth Krueger is a member of the New York State Senate,representing District 28 on the East Side of Manhattan. First elected in a special election in 2002,Krueger is a Democrat.
Richard Stuart Madaleno Jr.,commonly known as Rich Madaleno,is an American politician from Maryland. A Democrat,he was a member of the Maryland State Senate,representing the state's 18th district in Montgomery County,which includes Wheaton and Kensington,as well as parts of Silver Spring,Bethesda and Chevy Chase. Madaleno served as chair of the Montgomery County Senate Delegation from 2008 to 2011. He previously served four years in the House of Delegates.
Sheila Ellis Hixson was an American politician who served as a Democrat in the Maryland House of Delegates from 1976 to 2018. She represented District 20 in Montgomery County,Maryland which includes parts of Burtonsville,Takoma Park,and Silver Spring neighborhoods of Hillandale,Woodmoor,White Oak,Indian Springs,East Silver Spring,and Colesville. Hixson was the first female chairman of the House Ways &Means Committee.
Steven R. Schuh is a former County Executive of Anne Arundel County,Maryland,and a former member of the Maryland House of Delegates,serving two terms in the Maryland General Assembly representing District 31. Beginning in 2018,Schuh served as the Executive Director for the State of Maryland's Opioid Operational Command Center before assuming the role of Deputy Secretary for Health Care Financing and Medicaid in 2021. Schuh also played an instrumental role in the State's response to the pandemic serving as Section Chief for the Governor's COVID-19 Task Force.
Brian Patrick Kavanagh is an American politician who represents the 27th district in the New York State Senate,representing Lower Manhattan and the western part of Brooklyn since December 2017. He previously served in the New York State Assembly representing the East Side of Manhattan. Kavanagh is a Democrat.
Kyrsten Lea Sinema is an American politician and former social worker serving as the senior United States senator from Arizona,a seat she has held since 2019. A former member of the Democratic Party,Sinema became an independent in December 2022.
Emmett Wilson Hanger Jr. is an American politician of the Republican Party. He was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates from 1983 to 1991,when he was unseated by Creigh Deeds. He then served as member of the Senate of Virginia,representing the 24th district from 1996 to 2024. This district,located in the central Shenandoah Valley and nearby sections of the Blue Ridge Mountains,included the independent cities of Staunton,and Waynesboro,as well as Augusta County,Greene County,Madison County,and parts of Rockingham County and Culpeper County.
Reuven Michael Carlyle is a founder of Earth Finance,a global climate strategy and investment firm. He is also an American politician who served as a Democratic member of the Washington legislature representing the Washington's 36th legislative district in the state house between 2009 and 2016 and in the state senate between 2016 and 2023.
Brad Madison Hoylman-Sigal is an American Democratic politician. First elected in 2012,Hoylman-Sigal represents the 47th District in the New York State Senate,covering much of the west side of Manhattan in New York City. He is chairman of the state senate Judiciary Committee.
Kevin Bailey Hornberger is an American politician from the Republican party who is a member of the Maryland House of Delegates,representing District 35B. He previously represented District 35A from 2015 to 2023.
Kevin Lamar Windham Jr. is a Democratic member of the Missouri General Assembly,originally elected from the state's 85th House district,and after redistricting in 2022,elected from the 74th district.
The 2021 New York County District Attorney election was held on November 2,2021,to elect the New York County District Attorney. The incumbent,Cyrus Vance Jr.,had announced in March 2021 that he would not seek a fourth term.
New York's 74th State Assembly district is one of the 150 districts in the New York State Assembly. It has been represented by Democrat Harvey Epstein since 2018.
