Katherine Bucaccio

Private fund managers’ fee and expense allocation practices will continue to be an SEC focus area as the agency targets never-before-examined advisers in the year ahead.

New York-based Okumus Fund Management has become the biggest owner of the buyout giant’s publicly traded stock.

Conscious of the tax implications involved, the industry trade body took issue with carry designated as compensation in the ILPA fee reporting template, among other issues. 

After local newspapers criticised the Californian pension’s plan to revise its private equity policy, CalPERS issued multiple rebuttals defending the program.

The buyout firm will give LPs the choice to opt into a deal-by-deal style waterfall in a portion of its next flagship fund.

Regulatory uncertainty and higher compliance costs are capping enthusiasm for the pan-EU marketing passport, according to delegates at PEI's Women in Private Equity Forum 2015.

A new standardised ESG questionnaire from the UN's responsible investment unit seeks to lighten reporting workloads for GPs and LPs alike.

More than half of North American private equity execs report an increase in their base salaries from 2014 to 2015, according to a new survey from recruiter Heidrick & Struggles.

The SEC charged Cranshire Capital Advisors, the latest target of a wide-sweeping fee investigation, for improperly charging compliance, legal and operating costs to its funds.

The pension’s day-long private equity workshop revealed many frustrations with transparency and the complexity of the asset class, despite its role as a top performer in the investment portfolio.