Thomas Duffell
Thomas Duffell is the Asia Editor for PEI Media. Based in PEI’s Hong Kong office, he is responsible for the cohort of Hong Kong-based reporters and Research & Analytics personnel as the company’s senior editorial representative in the region. He was previously Features Editor for PEI’s private equity real estate title PERE, where he was responsible for the publication's long-form journalism and analysis.
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The UK’s Chancellor of the Exchequer announced a change in the way that investment management fees will be taxed as of April 6
The Warsaw-based firm alleges the government was in the wrong when it forced the fund to sell its stake in FM Bank
The firm has won a tax refund from when it sold the Korea Exchange Bank in 2012
More than two-thirds of insurers intend to scale back their alternatives exposure as a result of Solvency II
Yet the majority of GPs don’t have enough carried interest to fund their future personal commitments
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CFOs of private equity-backed UK companies have a tenure 17% shorter than their listed peers, according to a recent survey
The buyout giant has avoided a trial by settling for $115m in the long-running bid rigging lawsuit
Only three buyout firms remain now in a lawsuit accusing some of the largest names in private equity of bid rigging
The French private equity firm has promoted from within after one of its co-founders left the firm
Credit Suisse has hired Matthew Grinnell as a managing director in its leveraged finance and sponsors group