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Not all in the industry believe the ability to publicly advertise fundraising efforts will lead to significant change.

The introduction of ‘squeeze-out’ provisions designed to force minority shareholders to sell their stakes could help fuel Turkey’s burgeoning private equity industry, writes regional corporate lawyer Haluk Bilgic.

Vistra continues to deepen its global footprint while Maples Fund Services has hired a new director to increase fund administration services in Europe.

While some private equity firms have had capital markets teams for years, it is only relatively recently that other GPs have added in-house staff dedicated exclusively to financing activity.

DLA Piper has raided the New York office of Dewey & LeBoeuf while offshore law firms shuffle a significant amount of talent.

Private equity firms are still unsure which among them will fall under heightened Federal Reserve scrutiny despite systemic risk rulemaking passed this week.

Fund managers have joined limited partners and other industry players in supporting a global private equity database being developed by Harvard Business School professor Josh Lerner.

Relaying information to investors can be made easier with the latest in portfolio monitoring and valuation technology says SunGard Investran’s Lauren Iaslovits.

Fund structures are a big deal at the moment...

After drastically transforming Blackstone’s IT infrastructure and reporting systems, chief information officer Harry Moseley has left the firm.