Stephen Schwarzman said at Davos on Monday that proposed new tax increases and a dispute with TPG is hurting Australia’s image with foreign investors, as the government seeks feedback from private equity firms about how they are being impacted.
Why Gallic GPs are shrugging at tax and regulatory upheaval across Europe.
Washington seems to be of many minds on the issue of carried interest taxation.
Kelly DePonte of Probitas Partners describes how even after implementation of ASC 820 – and a raft of clarifications – valuation is still difficult and complex for LPs. An excerpt from PEI Media's forthcoming book: The Definitive Guide to Private Equity Valuation.
Investing in a unionised business? Make sure you understand your pension liabilities. By Jonathan Lewis and Alicia McCarthy of Debevoise & Plimpton.
ASU 2009-12 is not the free pass GPs and LPs have been hoping for, despite tantalising press reports in September that indicated that the recent FASB accounting standard update would lessen their valuation workload.
A group of accountants from Eisner offered their tips this week for getting through the next year-end audit: be in contact with your auditors throughout the year, and make sure you’ve got everything in writing.
The Cayman Islands' loss will be Luxembourg’s gain if the EU’s AIFM Directive passes as written.
Stephan Forstmann of Duff & Phelps examines the methodology underlying the valuation of a privately held debt security, and then walks us through a case study.
The threat of the EU’s AIFM Directive has caused an uptick in fund managers’ interest in offshore domiciles in the last six to nine months, the fund administrator said.