PEI Staff

Japan's buyout market has developed as a byproduct of regulatory change.

The redefined role of operating experts at private equity firms has enhanced the industry's allure for corporate executives.By Ken MacFadyen

Not a moment too soon, the BVCAhas released a study detailing private equity's many successes in the UK.

A trade union active in the US and Canada is trying to discourage limited partners from investing in funds advised by Texas Pacific.

The UK's status as a benign environment for private equity funds could be endangered by a change to carried interest rules. But how serious is the threat? By Andy Thomson

Give good meeting 2006-04-01 Staff Writer A good private equity GP wouldn't dream of doing a deal without first traveling to the company in question, meeting all the senior executives, strolling the ?factory floor,? speaking with customers and suppliers and kicking the hell out of the proverbial tires.<br

New York-based WL Ross & Co. LLC, founded in 2000 by distressed maestro Wilbur Ross, is active around the world, but particularly in Japan and Korea. The job of overseeing the complex financial and tax issues arising from this mixture of bankruptcy and global activity falls to Michael Gibbons. Prior to joining WL Ross in 2002, Gibbons was a co-founder of the hedge fund and investment partnership specialty practice group at Marcum & Kliegman. He spoke with us recently about his expansive role at an expanding distressed investment giant.

Back office, frankly speaking 2006-03-01 Staff Writer At the 2006 North American Private Equity COOs and CFOs Forum, held in January in New York and organized by <italic>Private Equity Manager</italic>, the assembled delegates participated in an anonymous polling exercise that covered many aspect

As private equity valuation guidelines have evolved and converged, the industry has reached a critical mass for fair value accounting. By David L. Larsen

How GPs track the deal work done by individual professionals continues to evolve, as the industry grows in complexity and under-rewarded deal pros vote with their feet.