Regulation

Increased regulatory scrutiny remains in other corners of the market despite the SEC’s private fund rules being dashed this year.

APRA will soon publish a review into how superfunds value unlisted assets, with ASIC supporting the work as it considers systemic risk to the wider financial system.

Regulators in the US and Europe have different priorities when it comes to NAV loans and subscription lines

While the dealmaking climate may have been a little cool for the tech sector in recent years, regulators have been upping the heat on the market and a swathe of new rules look set to impact new transactions.

Despite a drop in fundraising, tech remains a promising sector for PE investing.

The industry has reached a compromise on carried interest, with a tax rate of 32% commencing from April 2025.

Managers are creating playbooks to support their portfolio companies as ESG rule-makers ramp up scrutiny.

A new bill would, if signed, require private fund managers to get the state attorney general’s approval for healthcare transactions.

‘The private equity industry has been subject to a public discourse that makes the industry a convenient target, but not a valid one,’ Simpson Thacher partner Abram Ellis says.

In the latest episode of the Spotlight podcast: lessons the UK can learn from other tax jurisdictions; why it’s unlikely professionals in the UK PE industry will leave en masse; and what 'capital at risk' may really mean.