Reuters - NY Pension Invested in Controversial PE Vehicles

An investigation by New York's top prosecutor into whether a group of private equity firms used a fee arrangement to dodge taxes may be undermined by the state's own public pension fund, writes Reuters. New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman in July subpoenaed more than a dozen private equity firms, including Apollo Global Management LLC, Bain Capital LLC, KKR & Co LP, Silver Lake Partners LP and TPG Capital LP, over their practice of converting management fees paid by investors into fund investments. Schneiderman's office is investigating whether the practice, known as a "management fee waiver", was exploited by private equity firms to reduce their taxes, writes Reuters.

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