Legal/Compliance

An Apex Group subsidiary has launched a platform to outsource CFOs and COOs.

The global law firm announced the addition of five private equity partners split between its New York, London, Paris and Munich offices.

Intra-EU bilateral investment treaties are a thing of the past. That's very bad news for investors in European assets, write our guest columnists.

The largely overlooked termination of intra-EU bilateral investment treaties this year has major consequences for investors in European assets, write Paulina Pietkiewicz, of Abris Capital Partners and Martin Bresson of Invest Europe.

New Jersey Democrat Josh Gottheimer has raised more money from private equity, hedge funds and venture capital funds than any other House candidate.

Of the 16 registered private funds that faced discipline this year, only one disclosed a pending SEC enforcement matter in advance.

Some of the most notable enforcement cases of the year show the SEC isn’t just looking to levy fines in instances where investors are caused harm, but anywhere it thinks there are insufficient systems to prevent investor harm.

The regulator gave the private funds industry its ‘playbook’, and now expects funds to execute. This year’s enforcement actions shows the SEC is taking a proactive approach to oversight.

The Commission broke another enforcement record in 2020. Private funds appear to have had a tough year.

Private equity remains firmly in regulators’ sights, despite marked improvements in transparency.