This real-life scenario captures the challenges faced by money managers today, especially when overseeing several funds and owing a fiduciary duty to each. To simplify ...
Social network Diaspora used it to raise $200K; other startups likely to give it a shot
As Congress prepared final action on financial reform in mid-July, buyout pros began to turn their attention to the apparently inevitable requirement that they register ...
After a furious lobbying assault by the buyout industry, Congressional negotiators crafted a compromise financial reform bill that was milder than many industry pros had ...
Insider trading remains as hot as the summer sun, with regulator's standing watch like an earnest lifeguard. Your best protection is to issue disclosures, note ...
With an innovative set of terms designed to be friendlier to investors and target companies, a group of investors—including a former partner at Hicks, Muse, ...
Buyout professionals at deadline were girding themselves for legislation that would raise taxes on their share of fund profits and increase government oversight of the ...
Proposal would impose hurdles for PE firms marketing funds in Europe
Hedge fund managers may be watching their e-mail boxes with trepidation this week as the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission sends a survey seeking confidential data, ...
The European Union earlier this week moved closer to placing wide-ranging regulations on the private equity industry that could make it difficult for U.S. firms ...