Nicholas Donato

Ed Milliband’s promise to stop GPs from paying less tax ‘than ordinary working people’ is causing concern about what a Labour-led government would mean for buyout professionals. 

Emma Rawlinson was promoted to the position. 

 Marc Wyatt, the SEC private funds inspection specialist, will succeed his boss Andrew Bowden as acting director at the end of the month. 

The Private Company Council has launched a search for a successor to Billy Atkinson, who is stepping down from the council at the end of this year. 

UK private equity professionals are staying out of the political fray, but lobbying for and against specific campaign pledges where they have a dog in the fight. 

The deadline extension could make it more difficult for private fund managers to easily scan financial statements during due diligence. 

Three separate bills attempting to enshrine the concept into law have recently been filed, paving the way for a clearer legal definition of insider trading. 

Third party service provider news: SS&C GlobeOp creates new group to service hybrid fund structures; ?Credit Suisse loses senior RE capital raisers; more. 

More details about the types of performance awards exempt from a tax clampdown on ‘disguised management fees’ were released in the UK’s final draft finance bill. 

The energy-focused private equity firm appointed Jeffrey Zlotky as general counsel.