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Katherine Bucaccio

LeapFrog expands team with IR director hire

<p> <em>Xenia Loos has joined from AAC Capital as the social impact investment firm pushes to expand its team worldwide.</em></p> <p><em></em></p>

1 min read · 09 March 2016

NY proposes carry tax hike

<em><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">The proposed legislation is part of a multi-state effort on carried interest tax reform, and aims to close the current ‘loophole’ at the state level by taxing carry as ordinary income instead of as capital gains.</span></em>

2 min read · 08 March 2016

Pew calls for greater public pension transparency

<em><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">After studying 73 US public plans, Pew advocated for the use of the ILPA fee template and recommended that all plans report bottom-line performance both net and gross of fees.</span></em>

2 min read · 07 March 2016

ILPA pushes reporting message

<p> <em>The Institutional Limited Partners Association has been speaking at private equity industry events across Europe and the US to raise the profile of its new fee reporting template.</em></p> <p><em></em></p>

2 min read · 07 March 2016

Former CalPERS CEO settles lawsuit

<p><em>Already facing prison time, Federico Buenrostro will pay $250,000 to settle the civil lawsuit from the pay-to-play scheme he ran while leading the pension fund.</em></p> <p><em></em></p>

2 min read · 02 March 2016

Blackstone CFO earns $18m in final year at the firm

<p> <em>Tosi, who resigned last year, earned $3m more in 2015 than in 2014 despite being ineligible for any bonus compensation.</em></p>

2 min read · 02 March 2016

California proposes bill mandating PE fee disclosure

<p><em>Proposed by state assemblyman Ken Cooley and backed by treasurer John Chiang, the bill would not only require GPs to provide detailed fee information to state pensions, but would also require pensions to disclose that information to the public.</em></p> <p><em></em></p>

2 min read · 29 February 2016

SEC looks into Carlyle’s monitoring fees

<p> <em>The regulator has made ‘informal’ inquiries regarding Carlyle’s historical monitoring fee acceleration practices.</em></p> <p> </p>

2 min read · 26 February 2016

CalPERS opens search for CEO

The largest US pension system has launched its effort to replace current chief executive Anne Stausboll, offering a six-figure salary and a sizeable yearly bonus.

2 min read · 23 February 2016

AIFMD failing to fulfil its objective

A vast majority of respondents in Augentius’ private equity survey say the directive has not delivered on its promise of increasing investor protection.

2 min read · 22 February 2016

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