Regulation

If the Financial Choice Act is passed, private equity managers may no longer be required to register as investment advisers with the SEC.

Healthcare and M&A specialist Richard Zall, a partner at New York-based law firm Proskauer Rose, says PE fund managers need to develop networks of advisers with specialised knowledge if they want to outmanoeuvre strategic buyers.

Our post-referendum poll reveals that beyond the brave faces most GPs are putting on, Brexit is causing real concern.

Here are the key issues the UK private equity industry would like new UK Chancellor Philip Hammond to tackle.

Getting the passport before Brexit is crucial to avoid a period when managers would be unable to access EU investors.

We’re taking the temperature of LPs, GPs and service providers to find out what’s expected to happen following the UK’s vote to leave the EU.

We’re taking the temperature of LPs, GPs and service providers to find out what’s expected to happen following the UK’s vote to leave the EU.

Depressed exit activity could be exacerbated by the industry’s reliance on secondary sales, the industry body says.

Predictions for UK M&A in the second half of the year range from ‘lacklustre’ to ‘a write-off’.

The pension fund, which has an 11% allocation to private equity, said it will be working with policy makers and regulators to protect the interests of long-term investors.