Probitas Corp.

Private equity: In the showroom; Cash-rich, opportunity-poor buyout and distressed debt firms are seen as prime suitors for troubled Ford Motor.(News)
Pensions & Investments; 9/4/2006; 2033 words; ...Executives late last year jettisoned rental car company Hertz Corp. to a consortium of private equity firms lead by Carlyle Group...of its earlier $1.4 billion fund, according to data from Probitas Partners, San Francisco. Lone Star's latest fund has $5...

SBA offerings good news for managers; Government program hopes to tempt firms with $1.7 billion in private equity holdings.(Small Business Administration)
Pensions & Investments; 7/10/2006; 1497 words; ...the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. takes control of more large...in Capitol Health Management Corp., New York, to Coller Capital...Capital. The agency also hired Probitas Partners, a San Francisco...Kelly K. DePonte, partner at Probitas. In the past, SBIC has handled...

Alternatives: European banks new target for distressed debt; As U.S. prospects shrink, private equity, real estate firms seek new source of deals.(News)
Pensions & Investments; 2/7/2005; 2030 words; ...Banque, Paris. And the private equity business of GE Capital Corp. is one of the suitors for NIB Capital NB, Amsterdam, the...coming back in a big way.'' Said Kelly De Ponte, partner in Probitas Partners, a San Francisco private equity placement agent...

LIMITED OPPORTUNITY: Leveraged buyout show a tough ticket; Few vacancies remain for institutional investors looking for attractive funds.(News)
Pensions & Investments; 9/20/2004; 1751 words; ...Hayward, Calif., from Target Corp. Other investors were Cerberus...AG, General Electric Capital Corp. and Verizon Communications...coming to market, according to Probitas Partners, a San Francisco placement...Kelly K. DePonte, partner with Probitas. It's easier for a large...

Hedging their bets: Biggest buyout firms look for slice of hedge fund pie; Lure is using existing client relationships to expand, tap into a lucrative market.(pension funds investment companies)
Pensions & Investments; 7/12/2004; 1833 words; ...Nesbitt said. Kelly DePonte, partner at San Francisco-based Probitas Partners, agrees that with the exception of distressed debt...Partners is heavily involved in the turnaround of Kmart Holding Corp., Troy, Mich. What could be a roadblock to convergence...