Subject: Re: January 2003: Romney puts his financial holdings into a blind trust.
From: "Begala, Paul" <[email-masked]>
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Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2007 16:10:53 -0500

I'd be happy to pitch it to Jackie. But let's make sure that's in our strategic interest. Am getting nervous about McCain. Are you sure you want to shoot at Mitt right now?  

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Subject: Re: January 2003: Romney puts his financial holdings into a blind trust.

sorry to be late in responding to this, but we should think about getting this--Sankaty-- (offshoring capital to a tax haven) injected into the republican primary dialogue.Doesn't seem like it's been covered to me. Maybe try msm first. get the blogs thumping? good LA times or wsj story. paul do you want to call Jackie Calmes? 

On 12/21/07, Begala, Paul <[email-masked]> wrote: 

	Jeeezus.  I didn't know he was parking assets overseas!  Bermuda!  The Caymans!  Holy sunscreen, Batman!
	 
	Great stuff.  

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	Subject: January 2003: Romney puts his financial holdings into a blind trust.

	
	Romney and Bain Capital

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	A timeline of the GOP presidential hopeful's path to wealth.

	December 17, 2007

	Romney and Bain Capital 

	1978: Mitt Romney joins Bain & Co., a Boston-based management consulting group founded by William W. Bain Jr. 
	
	1984: Romney tapped by the company founder to lead a spin-off called Bain Capital, a venture capital and private equity group.
	
	October 1997: Bain Capital launches the Sankaty group of U.S.-based debt hedge funds. To assist U.S. tax-exempt and foreign investors, Sankaty organizes a subsidiary in Bermuda called Sankaty High Yield Asset Investors Ltd. 
	
	February 1999: Romney takes a leave of absence from Bain Capital. Bain Capital at midyear has $5.5 billion in assets under management, including $2 billion in the Sankaty funds, according to an independent evaluation. 
	
	February 2001: Romney is listed in SEC documents as president and sole shareholder of the Sankaty company in Bermuda.
	
	August 2001: Romney announces plans to retire from Bain Capital to run for governor of Massachusetts. Before he steps down, he invests in BCIP Associates III Cayman, a private equity fund organized in the Cayman Islands.
	
	January 2003: He puts his financial holdings into a blind trust.
	
	2003-2007: Romney's trustee continues to invest in the Cayman fund. 
	
	2006: The Cayman fund pays Romney more than $1 million in interest, dividends and capital gains. He retains a profit share in Bain Capital until 2009, as well as investments in more than 30 Bain funds. 
	
	2007: Bain Capital manages $60 billion in assets, including $23 billion in Sankaty funds.
	
	Source: Los Angeles Times