News & Analysis

Better Capital's Jon Moulton used a speech at London's Cass Business School to lament the state of the private equity industry and offer his thoughts on why an executive's marriage record can be valuable information for GPs.

Whether the firm sits non-deal professionals on the valuation committee is one of many questions LPs now ask GPs about their valuation policies.

A series of SEC roundtable discussions on decimal-based stock trading has raised more questions than answers on how decimalization impacts small-cap IPOs.

A draft regulation released for public comment by the CSRC aims to provide clarity for PE and VC fund registration in China. It also shifts PE regulatory power to the CSRC.

A group of US PE firms is suing Deloitte, alleging fraudulent auditing of a Chinese company, the latest in a string of accounting troubles raising concerns about China audits.

PE Manager tracks private equity lawyer moves: Daniel Meehan has returned to Kirkland’s Chicago office while Dechert has poached Mayer Brown’s North American private equity practice co-leader.

GPs are being advised to consider their transfer pricing arrangements in a more 'holistic' manner to avoid the stern eyes of tax authorities.

Although just about half of the LPs in a recent study of institutional investors have had difficult conversations with GPs about performance, nearly two-thirds said private equity is performing better than other investments in their portfolio.

In light of existing challenges, firms may want to begin considering some non-traditional exit strategies, writes DLA Piper lawyer Masood Sohaili.

In a bid to stay competitive with the US, the London Stock Exchange is offering its own set of simplified rules for high-growth businesses.