Sam Sutton
The President’s recent attacks on Mitt Romney and Bain Capital were openly criticised by noted Obama ally Newark, New Jersey Mayor Cory Booker over the weekend.
President Barack Obama’s reelection campaign has released an advertisement highlighting Mitt Romney's and Bain Capital’s investment in GST Steel, in effect subjecting the entire industry to public perception risks.
The Carlyle Group has hired former Goldman Sachs analyst Daniel Harris to handle communicating the firm’s financial information to public shareholders and analysts.
A recent Corporate Resolutions study found that 39% of private equity CFOs have encountered fraud in their firms or portfolio companies.
LP transparency concerns and recent regulatory efforts are putting a greater emphasis on firms’ policies for valuation and risk management, according to a PwC report.
The US Senate recently passed legislation that would eliminate restrictions prohibiting private equity firms from publicly marketing their funds.
The high profile operating executive, who worked stints as the head of Home Depot and Chrysler, will remain at the firm as a senior advisor to Cerberus CEO Stephen Feinberg.
An Oxford University and London Business School study shows private equity’s outperformance of the S&P 500 over 30 years was generated by the industry’s top-decile all stars.
The stain of New York and New Mexico’s pay-to-play scandals is a factor LPs are considering as implicated firms return to market.
Fund managers are becoming more receptive to secondary sales as a way of addressing LPs liquidity concerns, according to an industry panel.