News & Analysis

We comb through KKR’s 2012 ESG report to provide some key takeaways in how the alternative assets titan approaches responsible investment.

Private equity funds in Asia will be impacted by US regulations that allow firms to publicly advertise investment products, but some local regulations still impose limits on solicitation.

PE Manager tracks third party service providers: Former RSM Tenon partner Gary Ashford (pic) joins Kinetic Partners; Carlyle loses a human resources executive; and more.

The firm has asked LPs to give it more time to invest Fund VI, a move that could push the launch of TPG’s next fundraising into 2014.

Opinion is split on what impact the SEC’s decision to grant GPs mass advertising rights will have on fundraising, but there are compliance-related considerations on both sides of the fence.

Private equity’s major offshore jurisdictions, including Guernsey, Jersey and the Cayman Islands, have signed agreements with most European securities regulators to prepare themselves for the AIFM directive.

A proposed rule preventing CLO managers from bringing in outside investors to help finance deals could give private equity backed CLOs a competitive advantage, but could seriously hamper available leverage in Europe.

A super majority of CFOs are now entitled to a slice of the firm's carried interest, according to a survey presented at the PERE CFO Forum 2013 that provided an overview of industry compensation trends.

The growth equity firm promoted Charles Dieveney (pic) to the newly created role of COO, leaving his CFO duties to a colleague formerly with E&Y.

Paying bribes for government services appears to be more common in India than in other Asian countries, but corruption is seen to be increasing across the region, according to a TI survey.