Jennifer Harris

A European group has released a guide for LPs and GPs explaining how to factor climate change into their due diligence.

The Institutional Limited Partners Association guidelines aren't just a developed market phenomenon; their impact is being felt in emerging markets as well.

Venture fundraising and deal activity continued to plummet in Canada in 2009. Private equity numbers slid too, but less precipitously.

Managers from private equity firms around the world met in New York this January to share best practices in private equity finance, operations, valuation, regulation, compliance, and tax. Here are some key observations from the event.

Placement agents are once again allowed to interact with New York City pension systems – so long as they comply with strict accreditation and disclosure rules.

Africa’s largest private equity market will regulate private equity firms, hedge funds and credit ratings agencies as part of an overhaul of its financial regulatory system.

Alberto Vilar, along with his partner Gary Alan Tanaka, convinced one client to commit $5 million to a nonexistent venture fund.

The acquisition was made after Geller sued SS&C and private equity software provider TNR for breach of a licensing agreement.

The deal with PNC will add $855 billion in assets under administration to BNY Mellon’s fund administration business.

The SEC has said in a letter to FINRA that it may exempt registered-broker dealers from its proposed ban on placement agents interacting with public pensions, in a sign that the commission is taking seriously submitted comments from many proponents of the placement agent industry.