News & Analysis

Africa's private equity trade body recently assembled a team of lawyers to advocate for sensible rulemaking in Africa. Here the committee’s co-chairs Solomon Wifa of O’Melveny & Myers and Mara Toppling of White & Case reveal the group’s upcoming initiatives.

Tim Jones has become chief executive of the secondaries firm, while founder Jeremy Coller has moved into the role of executive chairman.

Recent banking reform efforts in Germany have caught the industry's attention due to a perceived impact on lending and access to LPs, but legal sources suggest this might not be the case.

Most investors will opt for the option that reduces management fees in exchange for higher carried interest payouts to GPs, according to one LP.

Don't rely on macro growth to produce returns, according to speakers at PEI's Asia Forum, who cited entry valuations as a far more important factor in performance.

Chancellor George Osborne said in his budget speech Wednesday the government will ‘make changes to limited partnerships to more effectively accommodate their use for private equity investments’.

Former CalPERS CEO Federico Buenrostro and placement agent Al Villalobos face charges for allegedly forging disclosure letters certifying that CalPERS knew Villalobos’ placement agency was working on raising various Apollo funds.

Castle Harlan’s one day flip of a Canadian mining company has resulted in an eight-figure fine for Australian trade buyer Bradken.

The UK-based mid-market firm has recruited a compliance manager to help meet regulatory demands that not every GP is necessarily prepared for, PE Manager has exclusively learned.

The offshore fund domicile will finalize a reciprocal tax information agreement with both the US and the UK ‘in the near future’.