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Two industry experts involved in the latest consultation process for Solvency II summarise the key points and how they affect insurers' private equities investments.
The Cost Transparency Initiative – which covers around £180bn of scheme assets – will run a pilot phase to test the new templates and supporting materials until January 2019.
Two major policy changes in Washington – the tax reform bill and tariffs on Chinese imports – have been talking points in the US financial community this year but are not yet affecting portfolios.
Ballots are set for 6 November, and firms are reminding their employees about rules relating to campaign contributions.
Private equity managers and their LPs could stand to lose from government intervention on foreign direct investment.
The chairman and chief executive officer of Willett Advisors – which manages the personal and philanthropic investment assets of Michael Bloomberg – and former Counselor to the Secretary of the Treasury, shared his thoughts on the US economy at the PDI New York Forum in September.
Complexity, opacity and a lack of standardisation have slowed efforts to improve reporting, a conference has heard.
The Trump administration will have 120 days to present a reorganisation plan to Congress to transfer agencies, personnel, assets and obligations to the newly created IDFC.
Under-representation of women can have serious consequences in private equity.
The industry body, which represents $2trn in PE assets, plans to publish an update to its private equity principles as early as this year.
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