US private equity firms need to consider passive foreign investment companies rules in their tax planning, or risk being hit with phantom income
Non-US acquirers need to know about America's Bureau of Economic Analysis filing requirements. By Lee Potter, Duane Morris
Ever the efficient tax planners, how will private equity GPs reconfigure the economics of their funds to meet the looming specter of an increase in the tax rate on carried interest?
Law firms are ramping up their Asia operations
FRONTLINE 2008-10-01 Staff Writer BNP Paribas launches distressed finance team Paris-based BNP Paribas Corporate and Investment Banking has created a new distressed finance group (DFG), and has appointed Alain Dib as its global head. Dib will report to Frederic Janbon, global
In a campaign that's been part street theater and part critical analysis, the Service Employees International Union has been confronting private equity on issues like the taxation of carried interest and the management of PE-backed companies. The SEIU is the largest union in the US, and also one of the most politically active. John Adler, director of the union's private equity program, spoke with Jennifer Harris about the tactics the SEIU uses to convey its key messages.
The media specialist has hired Steven Davidson of Mourant to strengthen its internal infrastructure
Germany is mulling several items of new legislation that could make life harder for private equity funds in the country
The European Parliament's proposal to regulate private equity seems unlikely to change things much at all
With $1.3 billion in total capital under management across investment funds in private equity, hedge funds, real estate and mezzanine capital at CITIC Capital Holdings, Eric Chan, the firm's chief financial officer, is a busy man. Chan, who joined CITIC Capital in early 2005 after working as an investment professional at the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation and International Finance Corporation in Singapore, speaks to Wanching Leong about building the fund administration team at CITIC Capital and the fast pace of life in Hong Kong.