Finance & Accounting

Venture market impressions 2007-12-01 Staff Writer The technology group of law firm Lowenstein Sandler recently released results of its Third annual Venture Terms Survey, which polled 39 senior investment professionals and general counsel at venture capital and private equity firms across the US. The firm ca

In July of this year, The Carlyle Group appointed Peter Nachtwey, formerly a partner at Deloitte & Touche, as the firm's new CFO. Rob Kotecki spoke with Nachtwey about his new role, and why the consultant decided to come in-house at the private equity giant.

When structuring a distressed fund, a hybrid model may offer the best qualities of both hedge funds and private equity funds.

Running the finance function at global, multi-office private equity firms is best done through optimizing the mix of centralized and outsourced functions.

While most emerging markets private equity firms pride themselves on a local presence, quite a few maintain offices based in the West to foster relationships with investors and coordinate funds in multiple geographies.

IDFC Private Equity is has a unique structure to address a singular problem. The publicly listed private equity vehicle is partially owned by the government of India. It brings a private equity approach to a big opportunity – infrastructure.

FRONTLINE 2007-12-01 Staff Writer Mourant partners with SunGardMourant International Finance Administration, a global fund administration business provider, has partnered with SunGard, a software provider, to deploy SunGard's Investran solution to support its administration eff

The hubbub over Wall Street's hard-to-value assets has relevance to private equity.

EVCA has argued that the Walker Report should address its reservations in order to become a ‘European benchmark.’

The US House of Representatives has narrowly passed a bill that aims to raises taxes on private equity and hedge fund managers by roughly $48 billion. The bill now heads to the Senate, and if approved, is likely to be vetoed by President Bush.