Coronavirus

What covid-19 means for the SEC; how to navigate the tax pitfalls of GP-led secondaries; big firms lend a helping hand to their portfolio companies.

KKR’s four leaders, co-CEOs Henry Kravis, George Roberts and co-presidents Scott Nuttall and Joseph Bae, will forego salary and bonuses for 2020 as part of the firm's pandemic relief efforts.

OCIE exams are continuing amid covid-19 disruptions, but remote working conditions are slowing them down, say lawyers from Debevoise & Plimpton.

A round up of what's going on across private markets; how the PE industry will fare without access to CARES relief.

The exclusion of PE-backed businesses from the CARES Act is ‘disappointing’, but the industry hasn’t given up yet.

Our senior editorial teams covering PE, private debt, infrastructure, real estate and secondaries discuss the latest in how private markets are responding to the coronavirus pandemic. Plus: ways firms are helping people out in the crisis.

A well-balanced succession strategy will be a key differentiating factor in coming through the downturn; GPs using stake-sale profits to capitalize on disruption; Clayton signals he’ll advocate for PE-backed company access to CARES.

A number of GPs are using flush balance sheets to seed their own distressed debt funds, according to firm head Michael Rees.

Foreign exchange movements in recent weeks have caused surging currency risk for cross-border investors and many credit funds. Ashley Groves, founder of FX solutions provider Deaglo, gives private funds a one-day currency risk management strategy.

Succession planning and the CFO; PEI’s senior editor weighs in on LP liquidity; Pandemic changes the way some will do business in future; Partners Group diverts executive salaries; Update to secondaries law firm database.