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Rules governing foreign investment in US property are outdated, argue opponents. Capitol Hill may finally be listening.

The bank and state-backed firm are the latest to take advantage of Shanghai's pilot fund policy. The CLSA fund will invest in sectors including renewable energy.

First Eastern and Blackstone have taken advantage of an onshore fund pilot programme in Shanghai, as China's big cities jockey to become the country's private equity centre.

The Chinese Sovereign Wealth fund has reportedly shortlisted nine fund managers taking part in the US Public-Private Investment Plan.

TA Associates raised a $4 billion fund in just nine months, thanks in part to the firm’s decision to reduce its promote from 25% to 20%.

Fund of funds pros Daniel Allen and Jacques Youssefmir, and Laurie Coggan, Wilshire’s COO, have left the advisory firm for unexplained reasons.

Some 35% percent or more of capital raised by placement agents comes from US public pensions, according to a veteran fundraiser, and an SEC proposal to ban placement/pension interaction could threaten the third-party fundraising business model.

A group of private equity firms that have engaged in bank investing believe changes need to be made to the FDIC’s proposed rules for private equity ownership of failed banks.

A recent case in Delaware highlights the need for private equity and venture capital firms to go over the indemnification provisions in their partnership agreements in order to avoid getting hit with a costly judgment.

Private equity firms now need to budget and build carefully, much as they do with their own portfolio companies, writes David Snow