December / January 2013 Issue

Rock star talent is and always will be coveted, and competition for the cream of the crop is fierce. But top talent that is a great fit for private equity is extraordinarily scarce, writes Todd Wyles

PE Manager lists five common strategies GPs employ to identify promising vice presidents or principals

Legal sources have noted a rise in fund disputes – with clawbacks being a key area of concern for both GPs and their investors.

A compensation survey seen exclusively by PE Manager provides a sense of how much various private equity professionals were paid in 2013

Private equity firms are waking up to the risks involved in opting out of the conversations that people are having about them online. 

With succession planning front of mind for many senior fund managers, we challenged Frog Capital managing partner Mike Reid to describe how power can be transferred in a firm with a flat hierarchy.

A look into some of the key fund terms and conditions your average private equity fund manager is negotiating in today’s market. 

Despite the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive taking effect in July, many GPs are still in the dark about what it takes to solicit capital on the continent. PE Manager sat down with four industry experts to find out how the AIFMD depositary rules are being interpreted, whether some GPs will begin avoiding Europe as a result, and what exactly LPs think about all this new regulation

We catch up with the Institutional Limited Partners Association’s executive director to ask how the organization’s private equity principles are being used in the marketplace

In the past, GPs have been able to offer co-investment opportunities at their discretion. But this is no longer enough for the most sophisticated LPs

With fund side letters growing in page count, private equity managers are experiencing new administrative burdens

We challenged industry EisnerAmper tax specialist Michael Laveman to answer five key questions private fund advisors have about the US Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA).   

Private fund advisors should ensure the LPA is flexible enough to accommodate unforeseen changes in reporting rules and also be aware of what it takes to follow ILPA or EVCA reporting principles, writes Alan Ross.