Private Equity

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Proskauer: An asset class propelled by innovation

Private equity’s resilience and innovation have allowed it to continuously meet the needs of GPs and LPs, say Proskauer’s Monica Arora, Howard Beber and Nigel van Zyl.

7 min read · 01 December 2022

Behind the headlines: PE critic Rasmussen’s regulatory push

The buyout model relies on ‘extracting value for the benefit of a few’, Denmark’s former prime minister told PEI in 2010, as he pressed for a regulatory clampdown on private equity.

3 min read · 29 November 2022

Behind the headlines: UK PE reluctantly becomes front-page news

The media gathered in Westminster to watch MPs quiz senior buyout executives about the private equity industry’s tax and business practices.

3 min read · 28 November 2022

GPs get caught up in the Marketing Rule’s net

Private equity managers are relying on different methodologies to calculate net performance as the Marketing Rule’s compliance date passes.

8 min read · 22 November 2022

Planned reforms to UK pensions will open access to PE

Mooted removal of performance fees from the charge cap applied to direct contribution pensions will open up PE and VC to retail investors.

2 min read · 21 November 2022

PE braces itself for the EU Foreign Subsidy Regulation

With the regulation due to come into force next year, PE groups must ready themselves for the compliance challenges that are ahead, according to Jay Modrall, senior counsel at Norton Rose Fulbright.

3 min read · 17 November 2022

Schroders Capital: Sourcing impact investments post-SFDR

The Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation is becoming inextricably linked with the impact investment process, says Amara Goeree, sustainability director, private equity at Schroders Capital.

5 min read · 01 November 2022

Don’t take chances when it comes to pay-to-play

With November elections fast approaching in the US, firms need to remind employees about the rules of donating to a political campaign.

4 min read · 10 October 2022

Asia investors take stock

A regulatory crackdown, ongoing pandemic disruption and an uncertain macroeconomic environment has some investors rethinking their approach to China, write Alex Lynn and Amy Carroll.

10 min read · 01 September 2022

TMF Group on PE CFOs’ transition from accountant to data analyst

Communication, technology implementation and data visualisation are key to being an effective chief financial officer within the private equity industry, says Kwame Lewis, head of product innovation for fund services at TMF Group.

5 min read · 01 September 2022

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