News & Analysis

Bruce Karpati helped establish the SEC’s fledgling asset management division, which focuses on alternative investment strategies, in 2010. He oversaw around 60 cases during his tenure.

Australia’s Federal Court has ruled on a tax case involving US private equity firm Resource Capital and its investment in an Australian mining company.

PE Manager tracks third party service providers: Accounting firm Rothstein Kass has opened an office in Dublin while AT Kearney appoints a private equity head.

CCOs and general counsels at private equity firms must regularly communicate best practices in order to effectively comply with new regulations, say industry sources.

Carolyn Bentzien provides some fair value considerations for BDCs planning to file an IPO under the JOBS Act.

The US’ largest institutional investors are committing more to private equity but overall fundraising won’t increase until GPs start using their dry powder, according to a Bain & Co study.

The head of the SEC’s national exam program, Carlo di Florio, has revealed plans to leave the agency just one day after addressing delegates at the PEI Private Fund Compliance Forum in New York.

The Cleveland-based mid-market firm has brought on industry veteran Theodore Laufik and McKinsey & Co partner Rob Northrop to bolster its operations team.

Regularly scanning employees’ emails to detect rule violations is a sensitive, albeit necessary, exercise for compliance officers, delegates heard at the PEI Private Fund Compliance Forum in New York.

A consortium of major private equity firms, LPs and service providers have come together to create a common format for the industry to use when sharing, aggregating and analyzing data.