News & Analysis

CalPERS chief investment officer, Joe Dear, has been elected to chair a SEC committee that will advise regulators on fee structures, disclosure policies and other topics important to investors.

Markets optimal for private equity investment protect GPs from double taxation and conform to international accounting standards, argued the EMPEA in a best practices report.

Priorities USA Action, a political action committee backing President Obama, has released a new ad attacking Mitt Romney’s private equity background in an effort to swing ‘battleground’ states.

Vincenzo Morelli, who has recently taken the helm of the European Private Equity and Venture Capital Association, tells PE Manager the industry's current image is 'inaccurate and very unfair'.

Although only 20% of respondents said they were highly familiar with how private equity and venture capital works, a plurality believes the industries are responsible for job growth and have a positive impact on the economy.

The Kauffman Foundation, a $1.8bn institution, believes the model of the LP/GP partnership is flawed and LPs are to blame for being ‘seduced’ by ‘misleading’ performance data.

Following the loss of Robert Kaplan, the SEC’s unit responsible for investigating private equity firms has identified two deputy heads from within its own ranks.

The industry trade organisation has directed around $80,000 to politicians with influence on Congressional committees considering legislation that would affect private equity.

More private equity lawyers from defunct law firm Dewey & LeBoeuf continue to find new homes while Morrison & Foerster identifies the head of its New York private equity practice.

A formerly unified LP universe is dividing based on those building customised accounts and those sticking to the traditional fund commitment route, Hamilton Lane CEO Mario Giannini said.