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UnitedHealthcare, an insurance provider, announces that it will provide bulk plans for private equity portfolios.

As large buyout funds grow ever more outsized, so the compensation gap with smaller funds continues to widen, finds a survey of the UK market.

Against the gods 2006-08-01 Staff Writer The August issue of <italic>Private Equity Manager</italic> is all about risk management and due diligence, two related topics that have moved from the sole providence of the deal partners to the jurisdiction of the CFO, COO and general counsel - the manag

John Haag, having recently joined San Francisco venture capital firm CMEA Ventures as CFO and COO, has the enviable opportunity to build from scratch a fund administration and finance function based on the lessons he has drawn from years of experience at other investment firms. Haag was most recently the CFO and COO of San Francisco biotech venture capital and merchant banking firm Burrill & Company. PEM recently spoke with Haag about his preferences in building a system to serve his chief clients - LPs and GPs.

Communicators in the house 2006-07-01 Staff Writer A recent survey conducted jointly by Private Equity International and the National Venture Capital Association asked investor relations and communications professionals within private equity firms about how they resource their IR and communications functions

As the regulator's gaze becomes ever more sharply focused, the lid is gradually being lifted on the way private equity firms go about their business.

Private equity GPs are under increasing heat from their auditors to be more proactive on fair value. GP reaction has ranged from full cooperation to passive-aggressiveness to open rebellion. By David Snow

Five tips for addressing risk management at your private equity firm.

How do you keep an in-house IT professional busy? Let us count the ways. By Judy Kuan

The bridge to Asian private equity funds is a tough one for German investors to cross - meaning demand for access to funds may go unfulfilled.