http://www.privateequitymanager.com/article.aspx?aid=0&article=65613The offshore financial centre has created a bespoke ‘Private Placement Fund’ ahead of rules which will harmonise EU member states individual fund marketing regimes. http://www.privateequitymanager.com/article.aspx?aid=0&article=65613Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:13:10 GMThttp://www.privateequitymanager.com/article.aspx?aid=0&article=65577At a time when EU policymakers are deliberating how to push businesses towards responsible investment, the industry made clear its conditional support for the initiative at a recent industry conference. http://www.privateequitymanager.com/article.aspx?aid=0&article=65577Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:38:59 GMThttp://www.privateequitymanager.com/article.aspx?aid=0&article=65566With capital under management globally approaching $3 trillion, private equity is an asset class badly in need of unimpeachable measurement standards. http://www.privateequitymanager.com/article.aspx?aid=0&article=65566Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:06:02 GMThttp://www.privateequitymanager.com/article.aspx?aid=0&article=65564We ask Clifford Chance partner Simon Crown what impact the EU’s (soon to be revised) Markets in Financial Instruments Directive could have on private equity fund managers.http://www.privateequitymanager.com/article.aspx?aid=0&article=65564Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:46:01 GMThttp://www.privateequitymanager.com/article.aspx?aid=0&article=65563When selling fund interests in the secondaries market, buyers and sellers too often work from a different set of assumptions. Nicholas Donato explores the different factors at play across the negotiating table.http://www.privateequitymanager.com/article.aspx?aid=0&article=65563Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:38:19 GMThttp://www.privateequitymanager.com/article.aspx?aid=0&article=65558Domestic fundraising in China and India is increasingly on the radar of regulators.http://www.privateequitymanager.com/article.aspx?aid=0&article=65558Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:06:42 GMThttp://www.privateequitymanager.com/article.aspx?aid=0&article=65556Both LPs and GPs have something to complain about when it comes to reporting practices – yet not everyone is wholeheartedly applauding the standardisation measures emerging. http://www.privateequitymanager.com/article.aspx?aid=0&article=65556Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:56:25 GMThttp://www.privateequitymanager.com/article.aspx?aid=0&article=65531The former head of JC Flowers’ London operation, Ravi Shankar Sinha, has been banned from ever working in financial services again and hit with a £2.87m fine. http://www.privateequitymanager.com/article.aspx?aid=0&article=65531Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:14:45 GMThttp://www.privateequitymanager.com/article.aspx?aid=0&article=65579The pension system, with $144.8bn in assets, is altering its private equity investment policy to allow for investments in separately managed accounts, a model that appears to be gaining popularity among large institutions.http://www.privateequitymanager.com/article.aspx?aid=0&article=65579Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:42:43 GMThttp://www.privateequitymanager.com/article.aspx?aid=0&article=65473A recent study on management fees versus returns leaves more questions than answershttp://www.privateequitymanager.com/article.aspx?aid=0&article=65473Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:37:08 GMThttp://www.privateequitymanager.com/article.aspx?aid=0&article=65467Investors and regulators are demanding more information from GPs – a trend underscoring the need to carefully manage the amount of compliance information that leaves the firm, according to a recent industry panel. http://www.privateequitymanager.com/article.aspx?aid=0&article=65467Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:11:53 GMThttp://www.privateequitymanager.com/article.aspx?aid=0&article=65580The GP share of profits earned on LP capital is income and should be taxed accordingly.http://www.privateequitymanager.com/article.aspx?aid=0&article=65580Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:46:51 GMThttp://www.privateequitymanager.com/article.aspx?aid=0&article=65443Lawyers have devised some innovative tender offer strategies to help fast-track the acquisition process, says Kirkland & Ellis duo Jon Ballis (pic) and Daniel Wolf. http://www.privateequitymanager.com/article.aspx?aid=0&article=65443Mon, 30 Jan 2012 09:27:20 GMThttp://www.privateequitymanager.com/article.aspx?aid=0&article=65444While limited partners have had success negotiating fund terms and conditions, changing distribution structures remains a hard sell.http://www.privateequitymanager.com/article.aspx?aid=0&article=65444Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:14:35 GMThttp://www.privateequitymanager.com/article.aspx?aid=0&article=65418When it comes to gender equality, great strides have been made in the private equity world, though room for improvement exists, according to Hamilton Lane managing director Andrea Kramer. http://www.privateequitymanager.com/article.aspx?aid=0&article=65418Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:32:03 GMThttp://www.privateequitymanager.com/article.aspx?aid=0&article=65419Some LPs are refusing to commit capital to Euro-based funds when managers decline to provide a parallel dollar-based vehicle. http://www.privateequitymanager.com/article.aspx?aid=0&article=65419Thu, 26 Jan 2012 21:07:31 GMThttp://www.privateequitymanager.com/article.aspx?aid=0&article=65415The Carlyle Group co-founder David Rubenstein expressed frustration with the perception that private equity leaders ‘cheat’ on their taxes.http://www.privateequitymanager.com/article.aspx?aid=0&article=65415Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:05:25 GMThttp://www.privateequitymanager.com/article.aspx?aid=0&article=65395Dechert has poached talent from Mayer Brown as part of a new office opening in Germany, and Proskauer continues to bulk up its London funds practice as law firms continue to battle for talent and remain ahead of the competition. http://www.privateequitymanager.com/article.aspx?aid=0&article=65395Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:24:06 GMThttp://www.privateequitymanager.com/article.aspx?aid=0&article=65399The US financial regulator has been watching how GPs value investments, which includes examinations of track records GPs use when trying to attract LPs into new funds.http://www.privateequitymanager.com/article.aspx?aid=0&article=65399Wed, 25 Jan 2012 23:40:07 GMThttp://www.privateequitymanager.com/article.aspx?aid=0&article=65373How pay rules should apply to private fund managers and whether it’s smart to keep dealmakers separate from a risk oversight team are among the questions now being considered by the UK’s Financial Services Authority. http://www.privateequitymanager.com/article.aspx?aid=0&article=65373Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:04:44 GMT