Regulation

Granular intelligence is key to navigating the continent’s ESG landscape, say Kathryn Fletcher and Shawn Duthie at Control Risks.

Greater transparency is welcome. But given the role side letters have in securing ESG-related reporting, we fear the asset class will be poorer with a weakening of those provisions.

Half of private managers ignored Hymans Robertson's requests for climate data availability, with private debt a particular dark spot.

The former co-head of the SEC’s Private Funds Unit and managing partner of regulatory consultancy firm Iron Road Partners details where GPs should be spending their time.

Affiliate Responsible Investor earlier reported that the regulator had asked asset managers to rewrite their ESG fund details over greenwashing concerns.

The commission has proposed a rule restricting side letters that grant certain LPs ‘preferential information and rights’. But for LACERA, side letters are ‘a crucial means for market innovation’.

An attempt to reform US carried interest tax has raised questions about holding periods and the continuation fund market LPs should not ignore.

Advertising/marketing ranked as the 'hottest' topic for a second straight year in an annual survey by ACA Group, Yuter Compliance Consulting and the Investment Adviser Association.

Earlier efforts to reform carried interest taxation had stalled, before US Senator Joe Manchin announced on Wednesday that he and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer had worked out a deal.

PE firms backing medical device businesses should become familiar with EU regulations that are increasing costs and time-to-market, writes Alison Dennis, Taylor Wessing’s co-head of life sciences and healthcare.