Regulation

The regime will have significant implications for fund managers and institutional investors, write lawyers from Herbert Smith Freehills.

The revisions to Japan’s Stewardship Code a year ago are changing the way LPs view ESG, writes Baker McKenzie's Tetsuo Tsujimoto.

The new advertising guidelines could give private funds more space to innovate, but they also bring their own compliance complexities

A foreign investment regime, similar to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the US, could create diligence headaches in the UK.

The lobby group wants the SEC to clarify several high-level issues in private equity, including for GPs to share regulatory examination findings with LPs.

Private funds that ignore the new SEC Rule 2a-5 do so at their own peril, says Duff & Phelps valuations expert David Larsen.

The proposed assessment for superannuation funds has drawn criticism over its use of listed indices to benchmark the performance of unlisted assets and its unusual eight-year timeframe.

The SEC under President Biden is expected to take a more aggressive role in regulating and punishing bad practices across corporate American, including PE.

Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s speech has allayed fears of a capital gains tax spike and laid out some intriguing initiatives for the industry, writes Tim Hames.

The UK Chancellor needs to think carefully before making major changes in the Budget writes Daniel Parry, managing director in the tax team at Alvarez and Marsal Taxand UK.