Gregg Gethard

HHS officials are taking stock of the industry, which is already feeling pressure from Washington.

Will the Fed Chair's remarks impact private equity exits?

'I’m personally spending a fair amount of time in this space,' Carlyle CEO Harvey Schwartz said. 'It’s a big initiative for me.'

The FTC’s proposed changes to pre-merger filing requirements would mandate the disclosure of certain LPs and may add significant costs to returns.

'If LPs are not there to provide capital, GPs need to slow down their pace of deployment and potentially pass on more deals,' Eneasz Kadziela told affiliate title Buyouts.

'There are enough yellow and orange flags, if not red flags, that show valuations may not reflect what an orderly market transaction should reflect.'

The proposed regulations could alter how insurance would be provided, but uncertainty over the final rules has frustrated stakeholders.

Family offices, endowments also plan on increasing private equity allocations this year.

Many fear ‘unintended consequences’ from proposed rules.