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News & Analysis

Impact special: TPG on its Rise Fund

TPG has lofty ambitions for its Rise Fund, aiming to change the world — without sacrificing returns — and set standards for tracking impact.

5 min read · 30 October 2017

People

A week with Blackstone's CFO

Michael Chae, a deal guy who moved into management, on corporate finance and the three layers of the CFO role.

5 min read · 26 October 2017

News & Analysis

Blackstone sees the future in retail investors

Retail investors already represent 18% of total AUM, according to the firm’s latest earnings call.

2 min read · 23 October 2017

Managers

Vanilla or chocolate: doing the maths on fund fees

A higher carried interest ensures a better alignment between a GP and its LPs even if LPs end up paying more in fees.

2 min read · 22 October 2017

News & Analysis

Why Blackstone is moving toward permanent capital

The firm’s COO, Tony James, sees the traditional 10-year private equity fund as ‘a bit of a treadmill’.

2 min read · 19 October 2017

Deals

Terra Firma’s King: Brexit is disrupting business

Brexit is a large contributor to challenges that have plagued Terra Firma’s portfolio company Four Seasons Health Care, he said at a PEI conference in New York.

2 min read · 18 October 2017

News & Analysis

Why changing interest deductibility could turn PE ‘upside down’

US GPs do not seem too concerned about a tax reform limiting interest expense deductibility.

2 min read · 12 October 2017

Managers

Vanilla or chocolate? How do you like your fund terms?

Despite the buoyant fundraising market, it still pays for private equity firms to give LPs options on terms.

2 min read · 05 October 2017

News & Analysis

Trump remains committed to ending the carried interest loophole

White House Economic Advisor Gary Cohn reaffirmed Trump's position despite the administration's tax reform framework making no mention of it.

1 min read · 28 September 2017

People

Mnuchin: a friend of private markets

The Treasury Secretary will soon unveil the administration’s new tax plan, which is likely to keep the carry interest tax unchanged.

2 min read · 26 September 2017

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