Bill Myers

Pie or good government? Pay-to-play's unintended consequences

The SEC wants to scrap its ‘pay-to-play’ rule. Fund managers should carefully reckon with the costs of free speech.

Hold your heads high, expert urges industry

‘It’s unbelievable how well the industry performed for many years,’ Steve Kaplan told a standing-room only crowd at Private Fund CFO’s New York Forum.

Post-commitment fees: A disclosure challenge

US regulators have shown an abiding interest in post-commitment fees, and here’s how GPs can stay above reproach.

401(k) Special: The long road ahead for regulators

The private funds industry and its regulators have a lot of work ahead of them as private equity enters its retail era.

Republican lawmakers may leave carried interest alone

Early draft of legislation protects 'loophole', targets cuts to Biden-era stimulus, affiliate Private Funds CFO has learned.

Washington resumes its rumble over carry

The debate over taxing carried interest has returned, as President Trump looks to prioritise middle-class tax relief.

DOJ, KKR exchange lawsuits over antitrust violations

Outgoing Biden administration says private equity titan 'systemically flouted' laws; KKR accuses DOJ of 'overreach'.

California ratchets up pressure on PE healthcare mergers

A new bill would, if signed, require private fund managers to get the state attorney general’s approval for healthcare transactions.

New anti-money laundering rules challenge private funds

‘The private equity industry has been subject to a public discourse that makes the industry a convenient target, but not a valid one,’ Simpson Thacher partner Abram Ellis says.

ILPA reboots quarterly fees template

With SEC rules scuttled, the Institutional Limited Partners Association is seeking 'something that the industry can work together on collaboratively', according to its managing director of industry affairs.