"@TVAddendum: While Private Equity has been hit by the general lack of tapping the debt market to do big deals, these guys are generally not that hurt.
Indeed, after all the sell side broker dealers have been pretty much wiped out, there is a significant opportunity for the private equity and hedge fund shops to move into the Investment Banking arena once things settle down, and the brave new financial world shakes out in 5-10 years.
Are all those investment bankers and prop traders going to want to work for a depository bank that caps leverage at 10-to-1?
"Eff that shit."
Who needs regulated public markets, when you can have new private markets accessible by the super-rich?"
"Can I say how much I hated Requiem, except for that guy yelling "I wanna see ass to ass!" during Jennifer Connelly double dildo scene.
That is a fun line to drop now and again."
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