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More explicit disclaimers of implied duties may need to be included in earnout transactions to avoid getting hit by penalties in states such as Massachusetts, New York and Pennsylvania.
Banks and insurers – two significant players in the domestic French LP base – are being pulled away from asset class.
Fresh from the blockbuster exit of Pets at Home, Bridgepoint managing partner William Jackson talks to PEI about high prices, expanding the franchise and why private equity is still anything but an ‘easy business’. Toby Mitchenall reports
After years of distractions, the firm will ‘rededicate’ itself to private equity. David Snow reports.
Research by Zurich-based asset management and advisory firm, Strategic Capital Management, shows limited partners pushed GPs over terms during the fundraising process in 2009. PERE Magazine, April 2010 issue.
New rules being mulled in both the US and Europe would shrink the universe of LPs allowed to invest in private equity funds.
Entities around the world rail against ‘third-party’ measures in the Directive.
This week, when LPs – particularly the California Public Employees’ Retirement Systen – had something to say, GPs listened.
A public pension in Ohio has threatened Permira because a portfolio company may lay off workers it the state. The move could portend tougher days ahead for firms that need to cut costs at the expense of American workers, writes Christopher Witkowsky.
Although 2009 saw fewer formal legal changes than 2008, foreign private equity firms nevertheless gained ground in China last year. By Maurice Hoo of law firm Paul Hastings.
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