News & Analysis

The hubbub over Wall Street's hard-to-value assets has relevance to private equity.

Cindy Wenig joins Apollo Real Estate Advisors as general counsel.

The US government's concerns over national security are likely to increasingly hamper the sale of stakes in management companies to sovereign wealth funds.

California has unveiled an official definition of ‘venture capital firm.’

EVCA has argued that the Walker Report should address its reservations in order to become a ‘European benchmark.’

The US House of Representatives has narrowly passed a bill that aims to raises taxes on private equity and hedge fund managers by roughly $48 billion. The bill now heads to the Senate, and if approved, is likely to be vetoed by President Bush.

Global back office 2007-12-01 Staff Writer The December issue of <italic>PEI Manager</italic> looks at the growing number of firms that have ?gone global,? and at how these firms have structured themselves to do business across borders. These structures are all over the map, literally and figurat

The financial services provider has launched a private equity index based on quarterly statistics from public and private pensions, endowments and foundations.

Sir David Walker’s report on transparency and disclosure has encouraged UK industry body, the BVCA, to name, shame and expel non-compliers with his proposed code.

UK industry body the British Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (BVCA) is bowing to pressure to be more transparent. The BVCA’s chief executive Simon Walker said the self-regulatory proposals were tough but necessary.