News & Analysis

The US anti-corruption law needs an 'adequate procedures” defence like the UK’s Bribery Act, argues the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Jon Jordan.

The SEC will meet 22 August to ‘consider rules’ eliminating the ban on general solicitations of securities offerings, which has long prevented GPs from widely announcing their fundraisings.

Baker & McKenzie has beefed up its Chicago practice by raiding rival firm Kirkland & Ellis while Dorsey & Whitney finds a new private equity chief.

GPs have two choices when expanding across borders, says eFront’s David Miller, either branch operations out from a central hub or establish a true global infrastructure.

Following a scathing attack from leading business group CBI the CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme’s days could be numbered, leaving complicated rules for private equity firms irrelevant, according to legal sources.

Much to the delight of GPs, the depository requirement in Europe’s proposed venture capital regime has been removed.

As deal teams grow in size, so too does the need for formal performance review processes like annual goal setting.

CAIS now services the private equity world, Apex grows its US operations and Xpert Financial halves in size.

Private equity lawyers parsing through the 104 page draft guidelines on remuneration policies under AIFM still wonder how carried interest should be treated.

In this excerpt from our 2012 Fund Administration and Technology Compendium, industry sources explain what LPs are really looking for when taking a walk through their GPs’ back offices.