Fees & Expenses

LPs hate fees (even more than last year); 2020: an election year with a lot of regulatory initiatives.

NYPPEX CEO Laurence Allen, who is accused of a long-running fraud by the Office of the New York State Attorney General, says the case is the result of an LP's attempt to essentially greenmail him.

We spoke to 13 CFOs, three ESG chiefs and six limited partners to explore how ESG will become part of the finance chief's remit.

Blackstone CISO on cybersecurity ‘musts’ for smaller firms; a taste of the upcoming LP Perspectives survey results; GPB revolving-door scandal update.

Private equity fees – both in terms of size and transparency – are becoming more of a bugbear for investors, according to PEI's upcoming LP Perspectives 2020 report.

Industry representatives largely dodged a feared thrashing in Tuesday's House Financial Services Committee hearing on private equity. But PE is shaping up to be a major battlefield in the presidential race.

A discussion of the potential bones of contention that arise from private equity fund investors expecting managers to put money into a fund, by Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom partner Greg Norman and former partner Stephen Sims.

Simon Havers of executive search firm Odgers Berndtson details why carried interest allocation is not smooth sailing.

Consultant Gert-Tom Draisma lays out the options in the extract from The Definitive Guide to Carried Interest.