Jenna Gottlieb

Teamsters President James Hoffa alleges that Madison Dearborn portfolio company VWR International is engaging in union busting and ‘job piracy’.

The US president wants to raise $18bn by taxing carried interest as ordinary income.

John Liu has declined to disclose information on $32m in pension fees paid to private equity and real estate managers, including whether placement agents received any money.

Rizvi Traverse, which is taking Hugh Hefner's Playboy Enterprise private, has been sued by a venture capital fund for a failed movie investment.

The US Republican presidential candidate said last week that he is in favour of comprehensive tax reform, which includes how carried interest is taxed.

Doug Lowenstein will relinquish his CEO role at the Private Equity Growth Capital Council.

The US president announced an initiative that includes launching a series of conferences to connect private equity and venture capital investors with rural start-ups.

Former lawyer Thomas Chevalier, who most recently worked on an investment fund for Russia's Gazprombank, has joined SL Capital Partners as an investment director, with an additional mandate to advise on regulatory issues.

Based in London, Roger Brookes will lead all investor relations activities for Conversus and serve as the liaison with the investment community in Europe and the US.

The firm has significantly expanded its presence in the UK over the past few months in part due to increased fundraising activity and regulatory changes on the horizon.